Frank A. De La Rosa

Life Works of Frank “Aggie” De La Rosa

Award Winning Literary Writer & Book Author

About Frank

Welcome to the official website of Frank, an author with a remarkable life story that has inspired many. Explore his world, his books, and his insights.

Education & ExperiencesMy Journey to becoming a Literary Author & Book Writer

First Graduate of Catanduanes Agricultural & Fishery School
First Class Valedictorian of the same school, 1958
First Graduate in BS: Agricultural Engineering, AU 1963, with honors, from CAFS
First CAIC graduate to go abroad
First Panganibanon to be a Literary Writer & Book Author, with Special Recognition Award, 2017
First CAIC graduate to have an MD in the family
Additional educational pursuits:Studied Principles of Accounting at the Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA

Further studied Steel Stress Analysis on Structures at the Union Community College, Union, NJ
Attended EL LINGUA in Advance American English, Murray Hill, NJ
Attended more colleges & universities in the United States of America
A Post Graduate of the University of California in Agricultural Engineering
A BS: Mechanical Engineering graduate at the Heald Institute of Technology in California
Studied Nursing at the Eastern Florida State College, Palm Bay, FL
Studied Professional Photography at the New York School of Professional Photography, NYC
Studied to be a REALTOR at the New Jersey Institute of Realty, NJ
Authorship: Wrote and published five books in America.

Interview with Rick Bratton

Featuring Frank’s Book “A Touch of Life”

Real life story of the author during the darkest times of WWII in the Philippines 2nd Edition

As Seen OnThe Catanduanes Tribune

𝗔 𝗩𝗔𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗥𝗢 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗢 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗦 𝗦𝗨𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗙𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨𝗦𝗔.

Try first thyself, and after call in God; For to the worker God himself lends aid.”
Euripides, Hippolytus Veiled (before 428 BC). Like many Filipinos who picked themselves up from hardship and on their own searched for a better life outside the country, Francisco dela Rosa knew as a young man that he could not remain a farmer and carabao herder forever. For sure the life of a vaquero, in a poor family of eight siblings, was hard. Seldom did they have rice for food and only during harvest time, with their daily nourishment often consisting of boiled sweet potatoes and shredded coconut meat with a dash of salt. The young Francisco walked several miles to school on his bare feet.