Rustica Carpio is a Filipino actress, scholar, playwright, philanthropist, and former public servant.

She was educated at the Philippine College of Commerce in Manila, now Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), where she finished an Associate degree in Commercial Science with honors. She then pursued a Bachelor of Arts, major in English at Manuel L. Quezon University (MLQU), where she graduated magna cum laude. After winning Fulbright and International House scholarships, she chose New York University (NYU) in the United States for her graduate work, earning a Master of Arts in Education, major in Speech Education in 1956 at NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. At the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Manila, she obtained her PhD in Literature, meritissimus, in 1979.

As a scholar, she has written more than 200 academic and journalistic articles, books, scripts, and stories published locally and abroad. She has also served as Dean of 2 schools of communication in Manila, and a graduate school.

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