Hazel Gutierrez received her formal education in theater arts at UP Diliman and has already directed plays for the Cultural Center of the Philippines Virgin Labfest, a festival of untried, untested, unstaged works, while still in college. She is a musician in her own right, currently jamming with the percussion group Brigada. She teaches animation at the Ateneo De Manila Grade School and is currently the Resident Production Manager of Tanghalang Pilipino Foundation, Inc.