Biography of patricia evangelista

Filipina journalist and documentary filmmaker

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Chanco and the surname or paternal family name is Evangelista.

Patricia Chanco Evangelista is a Filipina trauma journalist and documentary filmmaker based in Manila, whose coverage focuses mostly on conflict, disaster and human rights.^[1][2] She is a multimedia reporter for online news agency Rappler and is a writer-at-large for Esquire magazine.

Her first book, Some People Need Killing, came out in 2023.^[3]

Education

Evangelista finished high school at Saint Theresa's College of Quezon City. She graduated cum laude with a degree of BA Speech Communication University of the Philippines Diliman in 2006.

She is an alumna of the UP Debate Society.

Career

At 18, Evangelista first came to national attention when she became the first Filipino to win the London-based annual International Public