Noel Alumit

Noël Alumit is an American novelist, actor, visual artist and activist. He was identified as one of the Top 100 Influential Gay People by Out Magazine.

Early life He was born the second of four children, in Baguio, the Philippines, and raised in Los Angeles, United States. He received his Master of Divinity in Buddhist Chaplaincy from the University of the West.

In addition to his writing, Alumit has worked as an HIV/AIDS educator with the Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team in Los Angeles.

Writing Alumit's play Mr. and Mrs. La Questa Go Dancing was produced by Teatro Ng Tanan in San Francisco and also in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Boston, and Philadelphia.

His one-man show, The Rice Room: Scenes From a Bar, premiered in Santa Monica in 1999, and was later staged at San Francisco's New Conservatory Theatre Center in 2000. It was voted one of the best solo shows of the year by the San Francisco Bay Guardian, Master of the (Miss) Universe was named "Best Bet" by The Los Angeles Times. and received the 2003 Stonewall Book Award from the American Library Association,

Acting credits As an actor, Alumit's film and TV credits include Beverly Hills, 90210, The Young and the Restless, and Red Surf.

He was appointed to the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs in 2012.