Lovely Ross Ai Mendoza-Machica is a Contract of Service (COS) Faculty Member under the Department of Literary and Cultural Studies, and the Department of International Languages of College of Culture, Arts, and Sports at Cebu Normal University – Main Campus.

Beyond the academic field, she currently contributes as Executive Researcher at ASCENDIA Research Consultancy Services. She is also a freelance content and creative writer, as well as a virtual assistant.

She is presently pursuing her Doctor of Arts in Literature and Communication at Cebu Normal University where she earned her Master of Arts in Literature in 2023, and her Bachelor of Arts in English–Language degree in 2017.

She is a recognized literary artist whose works and performances have received national acclaim. She was the Champion in the Spoken Word Competition of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) in 2017, the First Placer in the Mugna’s Art and Journ Poetry Writing Competition in 2014, and Second Placer in the same contest in both 2015 and 2016. Her creative literary works were recently published in Dreamers Publishing, Vol. 2, Issue 2 (April–June 2025).

She is also a contributing writer for KABISDAK, a platform for Cebuano literary expression, and one of the 1st Fellow Members of BATHALAD Kagis Sugbo (Bathalan- ong Halad sa Dagang, Inc.), one of the leading literary organizations in the Visayas. She is married to Castor Jr. P. Machica.