Jeannette Palacio Morada was born in Manila, Philippines, grew up in the far north of the country called Santiago, Solsona, Ilocos Norte, and finished college at the Divine Word College of Laoag, Laoag City. She taught two years at the then Our Lady of the Rosary Canossian Academy (now Canossa Academy) high school department in Lipa City, two years at the Saint Joseph's School, high school department in Pandacan, Manila, and less than a year at the Doña Teodora Alonzo High School, Manila, before she moved to California in September 1972, a day after Martial Law was declared.
