This British Council scholar at the University of Warwick, England also directs theater productions and writes fiction. He lives with his 97-year-old grandmother, Socorro Fuentes Pison, the sister of National Artist for Music, Jovita Fuentes. Piamonte has traveled extensively, but the journey he has enjoyed the most is a road trip in Luzon with his American-based sister, Kathy. He hopes that the trip has, in a way, Filipinized his sister. His winning entry: "Welcome to the Pinoy Home: The House of Spirits."