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About David Nugent
Born in the Philippines in 1970, David Nugent spent a tumultuous childhood in the United States and the Philippines. David Nugent left the Philippines at a young age, but he felt a strong connection to the country that was often difficult to ignore. Nugent eventually decided to move back to the Philippines in honor of his grandmother, one of the few positive figures from his childhood.
Upon his return to the Philippines, David Nugent not only made peace with his family’s past transgressions, but he managed to forge a successful professional career. His quest for personal peace took many forms for an adult Nugent wrestling with childhood demons. Nugent tackled memories of his mother while exploring a small piece of land he inherited on the coast of the Philippines, and he visited his Grandmother’s grave in Surigao. Nugent even came to grips with his father, a retired Navy man and U.S. Department of Defense employee who was the source of Nugent’s childhood abuse.
Before his exodus to the Philippines, Nugent studied Political Science at American University in Washington, D.C. and spent a brief period pursuing a writing career in Paris, France. Nugent may have missed success as a writer in Paris, but the very year he began a new life in the Philippines, a new professional life was born. In 2001, Nugent jump-started a powerful career with Metro Pacific Company, where he led media, investor, and corporate relations for the Filipino investment firm in a vice presidential role. David Nugent has also penned several articles for Philippines-based newspapers and magazines.
