Marie Carisa “Cai” U. Ordinario writes macroeconomic and urban development stories for BusinessMirror. She has received awards for excellence in reporting on macroeconomy and statistics. She is also a recipient of a Jefferson Fellowship from the Honolulu-based East-West Center. She completed her master’s degree in communication at the University of the Philippines and graduated with a bachelor of arts major in journalism from the University of Santo Tomas.