Montoya, Carina Monica

Carina Monica Montoya was born and raised in Los Angeles. Her childhood was spent going to many Southern California beaches. As a twenty year veteran of the United States Navy Reserves and author of books on L.A.'s Historic Filipinotown and Filipinos in Hollywood, she traveled Pacific Coast Highway up to Point Mugu in Ventura County for two decades. Despite occasional closures and frequent traffic congestion, she gains most of her inspiration to write by driving PCH.