Joy Aquino Siapno

Jacqueline "Joy" Aquino Siapno (born c. 1967) is a Filipina-born American political economist, academic, analyst, writer, and musician specializing in Southeast Asia. She served as the First Lady of East Timor from February 13, 2008, until April 17, 2008, during the interim presidency of her husband, Fernando de Araújo. She is the first and only first lady of Filipina descent in East Timor's history.

Biography Siapno was born in the city of Dagupan, located in Pangasinan province of the Philippines. She published a memorial piece on her late husband and their relationship together in the Rappler, a major Philippine online news publication, in July 2015.

Selected works Gender, Islam, Nationalism and the State in Aceh: The Paradox of Power, Co-optation and Resistance (2013) The Accompanists (2016)