Bernice Simpson is a journalism graduate from the University of the Philippines-Diliman. He has been working as a researcher for the online current affairs magazine Newsbreak since March 2007. He worked as an intern for Manila bureau of Reuters from April-May 2006.

Llanto enjoys listening to 80s music, watching Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Survivor, Amazing Race, Forensic Files, Singing Bee and American Idol.