User:Normanoro

My name is Norman Oro. I'm Filipino-American. My parents and I emigrated from the Philippines to the United States in 1974 when I was three years old. I'm an only child and grew up mostly in San Gabriel, CA. I went to high school at Don Bosco Technical Institute in Rosemead, CA then attended UCLA, where I got a bachelor's in economics in 1993. I worked for five years as a consultant doing finance and economics then went to the Sloan School of Management at MIT, where I got my MBA in 2000. I worked mostly in accounting, finance and business development for several years afterwards. When the economic downturn hit, I was a business consultant. As consulting projects became increasingly difficult to find, I decided to realize a personal dream and became a self-published author in 2011. Since then, I've written four science-fiction books (Away: Beginnings, Away: Keepers of the Alliance, The Legend of Team 9, and Tales of Section Zero). I've also self-published two compilations: Away (Vol. 1 Beginnings & Vol. 2 Keepers of the Alliance) and Alliance Eternal (The Legend of Team 9 & Tales of Section Zero). With the economy reviving, I've put book writing on hold and have been looking for work mostly in finance since August 2014. Depending on how my job search goes, I may return to writing. I live in Fairview, New Jersey. I'm fluent in American English and have intermediate proficiency in Filipino, German and Spanish.