User:Mgv213/Momar Visaya

Momar G. Visaya is editor-in-chief of the Asian Journal and is in charge of the day-to-day management of the Asian Journal's New York operations. He also manages a team of bi-coastal editors, reporters, artists and graphic designers with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas and New York.

His career in the worlds of media and nonprofit organizations spans 15 years. Visaya was a freelance writer for the Manila Chronicle and Philippine Daily Inquirer, and worked at ABS-CBN Foundation, the nonprofit arm of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp., where he helped launch its major projects, including educational children's shows and Bantay Bata (Child Watch).

Since he moved to New York from company headquarters in Los Angeles, he has covered various events, ranging from U.N. General Assembly meetings, the Clinton Global Initiative conferences, and the U.S. Open, to lighter features such as the Madison Square Garden concerts of Coldplay, Celine Dion and Sting and various Broadway events.

Visaya obtained his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of the Philippines-Diliman and was working on his master's degree in communication from the Ateneo de Manila University when he moved to the U.S. in 1998.