Rayji de Guia is a writer and an artist. She was a poet resident at the 12th season of Sangam House (India) and will be a writer resident in Rimbun Dahan (Malaysia). In 2019, she received First Prize in the Poetry Category of the 2nd Gémino H. Abad Awards for Poetry and for Literary Criticism and Second Prize in the English Short Story Category of the 69th Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature.