Josefina Constantino

Josefina D. Constantino (28 March 1920 – 19 July 2024) was a Filipino essayist, literary critic and poet. A prominent faculty member of the University of the Philippines, she later took vows as a member of Carmelite order in 1979. Latterly a cloistered nun, she was known as Sister Teresa Joseph Patrick of Jesus and Mary.

Biography Early life and education Constantino was born on 28 March 1920. She earned her undergraduate degree at the University of the Philippines, and her Masters in English and comparative literature at Columbia University.

In the 1970s, she joined the Development Bank of the Philippines as a special assistant. and died on 19 July 2024, at the age of 104.

Controversies

Trial of Ricardo Pascual In 1961, having resigned her faculty position a year prior,

Following public backlash against the anomalous line of questioning taken by prosecutors, and an overall lack of evidence suggesting communist affiliation, the probe was ultimately terminated and Pascual exonerated.