Raphael Vicente Ayag, also known as Rav Ayag, is a Laguna-based writer and aspiring lawyer pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Ateneo de Manila University.
He currently writes for The GUIDON Sports—Ateneo’s premier student publication—where he covers collegiate sports such as basketball, volleyball, and baseball. Previously, he interned at Rappler under their Technology & Features section, often undertaking complex and difficult topics such as artificial intelligence and misinformation campaigns.
Fiction
The Psychological and the Supernatural
Rav’s stories consistently veer into the realms of the supernatural, psychological, or both, tackling aspects of culture that plague humanity through fiction.
Rav’s journalism often concentrates on the human condition—whether in sports or technology—telling the stories of people and human-made creations that capture the attention of audiences nationwide.