Realuyo began his writing through his plays and poetry in elementary school in Manila, where he wrote in his native language Pilipino (Tagalog), but later shifted to English when his family immigrated to the United States when he was a teenager.
Realuyo began his writing through his plays and poetry in elementary school in Manila. He wrote in his native language Pilipino (Tagalog). He shifted to English. His family immigrated to the United States. He was a teenager.