0 7 , ▁in ▁Gu agua , ▁P amp anga ▁to ▁parents , ▁F eli pe ▁D izon ▁Man al ang ▁( born ▁in ▁Mexico , ▁P amp anga ) ▁and ▁Tom asa ▁Leg as pi . ▁However , ▁their ▁family ▁later ▁settled ▁in ▁the ▁B icol ▁region , ▁particularly ▁in ▁Alb ay . ▁She ▁studied ▁at ▁St . ▁Ag nes ▁Academy ▁in ▁Leg as pi , ▁where ▁she ▁graduated ▁v aled ict or ian ▁in ▁elementary . ▁In ▁her ▁senior ▁year , ▁she ▁moved ▁to ▁St . ▁Sch ol ast ica ' s ▁College ▁in ▁Mal ate , ▁Man ila , ▁where ▁her ▁writing ▁started ▁to ▁get ▁noticed . ▁ ▁Ang ela ▁Man al ang ▁was ▁among ▁the ▁first ▁generation ▁female ▁students ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁the ▁Philippines . ▁Ang ela ▁initially ▁en rolled ▁in ▁law , ▁as ▁suggested ▁by ▁her ▁father . ▁However , ▁with ▁the ▁advice ▁of ▁her ▁professor ▁C . V . ▁W ick ers , ▁who ▁also ▁became ▁her ▁ment or , ▁she ▁eventually ▁transferred ▁to ▁literature . ▁ ▁Writing ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁during ▁her ▁education ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁the ▁Philippines ▁that ▁she ▁and ▁poet , ▁Jose ▁Gar cia ▁Villa ▁developed ▁a ▁lif el ong ▁rival ry . ▁Both ▁po ets ▁v ied ▁for ▁the ▁position ▁of ▁literary ▁editor ▁of ▁The ▁Philipp ine ▁Colleg ian , ▁which ▁Man al ang ▁eventually ▁held ▁for ▁two ▁success ive ▁years . ▁In ▁her ▁junior ▁year , ▁she ▁was ▁quietly ▁engaged ▁to ▁Ce led onio ▁Gl oria ▁whom ▁she ▁married .