Elena P. Polo has a Ph.D. in English from Michigan University, East Lansing, Michigan where she was teaching assistant in the Department of English. She taught at the UST Graduate School and was at one time director of the Office of Graduate Research, Editor of the UST Journal of Graduate Research, and Professional Lecturer at the College of Science. She was also at one time Director of the Santo Tomas University Press (STUP) and Editor of UNITAS. She also taught at Colegio de Santa Isabel. She has taught likewise at the Philippine Women's University and was a Guest Lecturer at the De La Salle University and the National Defense College. Presently, she teaches at the UST Ecclesiastical Faculties and at the Philippine Dominican Center of Institutional Studies.
