Rustica C. Carpio is presently holder of the Manila Bulletin professorial chair in Journalism at the PUP Graduate School and the Albertus Magnus.professorial chair in Humanities at the UST Graduate School. She has represented the country in international conferences the latest of which was the Pacific Telecommunications Council's 22nd annual inter-national conference with the theme "PTC 2000; A New Vision for the 2lst Century" held in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. A. on January 30-February 2, 2000.

A name respected in Philippine arts and letters and in -the academe, she is also a noted performing artist of stage-film-television, a prize-winning playwright-stage director, a writer who has to her credit over 200 articles, critiques, poems, plays, and short stories published in the Philippines and abroad. She has authored/co-authored over a dozen books on literature, speech and communication.

Dr. Carpio's most outstanding accomplishments in and contributions to communication and mass media include:

• Founder of the Bachelor in Mass Communication (1968) at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila; co- founder-of the-Master in Mass Communication (1972)-Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila;
• One of the organizers of the College of Languages and Mass Communications
• Organizer and first chairperson (1987) - Polytechnic University of the Philippines;
• First dean of PUP's College of Languages and Mass Communications (1989);
• Conceptualized the Claro M. Recto Auditorium (1987) and the Mass Communication Center (1987) which was started through Senate Bill 1791 authored by Senator Orlando S. Mercado based on the position paper/ proposal of Dr. Carpio;

• One of the Ten Outstanding Women of the Philippines for 1968 (Federation Internacional de Abogadas--FIDA Phil.) for achievements in the performing arts;
• Woman of Distinction by the WORLD WHO'S WHO OF WOMEN for 1982 (International Biographical Center in England);
• Woman of Distinction for 1997 (Soroptimist International Bulacan Region Paombong Chapter) for accomplishments in education, performing arts, culture and humanitarian services;
• Green and Gold Artist for 1998 (Par Eastern University) for achievements in the performing arts;
• Most Outstanding Mass Communication Professor for 1998-99--the first Gawad Sining Sine given by the Samahan ng Mga Dalubguro ng Pang-Madlang Komunikasyon (PASADO).

She is one of America's newest songwriters. Her poems are now being arranged for orchestration, vocals and recording by four recording companies for U. S. and later world distribution. Dean Carpio is included in the Cultural Center of the Philippines published ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHILIPPINE ARTS, Vol. 7 (Theater).