MAE ANN Q. GAIHE earned her Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Filipino, Master of Arts in Education major in Filipino Language Teaching, and Doctor of Education major in Filipino Language Teaching at Cebu Normal University. She is currently teaching at Cebu Normal University and serves as the adviser of Kabataang Pilipino sa Larangang Akademiko (KAPILAK), an organization of Filipino majors at CNU.
She is one of the co-authors of the Filipino book series Hinirang 7 to 10 under Intelligente Publishing Company, and one of the co-authors of the book Estruktura sa Wikang Filipino: Pandalubhasaan, published by St. Andrew Publishing House. She has also published Filipino-language research articles in international journals. Additionally, she is a contributing poet in Verbo: Ang Kapangyarihan ng Tula (Second Edition), published by Mindshapers Co., Inc. In 2023, she won the Don Vicente Rama Memorial Literary Prize in the Poetry Category for her poems “Tuplok-tuplok,” “Uso-uso,” and “Choppy Ka Ma’am.”

She is one of the co-authors of the Filipino book series Hinirang 7 to 10 under Intelligente Publishing Company, and one of the co-authors of the book Estruktura sa Wikang Filipino: Pandalubhasaan, published by St. Andrew Publishing House. She has also published Filipino-language research articles in international journals. Additionally, she is a contributing poet in Verbo: Ang Kapangyarihan ng Tula (Second Edition), published by Mindshapers Co., Inc. In 2023, she won the Don Vicente Rama Memorial Literary Prize in the Poetry Category for her poems “Tuplok-tuplok,” “Uso-uso,” and “Choppy Ka Ma’am.”