Co-Author Cherry Castro Aquino

CHERRY CASTRO AQUINO

Cherry is an Assumption high school graduate. She graduated from the College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York, majoring in Speech-English. She has been working with Father Jim Reuter since 1976. She was a member of Father’s team of facilitators that traveled the country conducting over 100 seminars on media literacy and media education—how the mass media affect our lifestyle, values and attitudes. Their target audiences were bishops, priests, nuns, teachers, students, parents, and lay leaders. Together with Father Reuter, a team also conducted seminars on scriptwriting and radio production. Her primary job when the National Office of Mass Media was still operational was directing and editing radio dramas which were aired over 41 radio stations of the Philippine Federation of Catholic Broadcasters nationwide. She is married to General Flotz Aquino, a retired Philippine Air Force officer. She considers as her greatest achievement her eight children, twenty grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. She makes it a point to visit Father Jim at Our Lady of Peace Hospital at least once a week—bring him his e-mail and lunch he likes. “No one retires from Father Reuter!”