According to his official website, this 33-year-old journalist is a current M.A. candidate with the NYU Literary Reportage program. A Journalism school graduate and Anthropology major, Per has earned many scholarships and even a journalism award in 2011.

Per is also a talented photographer, capturing images all over the world.

Photo Credit: Per Liljas

Photo Credit: Per Liljas
This isn’t Per’s first time in the Philippines though. He also covered Typhoon Haiyan which devastated Tacloban in 2013. As of this writing, he has been featured in several websites and his photo has been retweeted over 600 times.