About the author
JOANNE RAE M. RAMIREZ, The Philippine STAR
Joanne Rae Mayor Ramirez is the award-winning editor-in-chief of top glossy magazines PeopleAsia and Enclaves. A columnist of The Philippine STAR since 1992, she served in Malacañang as editor of the Presidential Press Staff during the administration of former President Corazon Aquino. At home, she is wife to advertising and communications executive Ed Ramirez, and mother to entrepreneur Carl Francis Ramirez.