As I search in google Francisco Santiago was born in Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines, to musically

minded peasant parents, Felipe Santiago and Maria Santiago. In 1908, his first composition, Purita, was
dedicated to the first Carnival Queen, Pura Villanueva, who later married the distinguished scholar
Teodoro Kalaw.

He studied at the University of the Philippines (UP) Conservatory of Music, in its original campus in
Manila, obtaining a degree in Piano in 1921, and a degree in Science and Composition in 1922. He went
to the United States to pursue further education. He first obtained his master's degree at the American
Conservatory of Music in June 1923, and finally a Doctorate degree at the Chicago Musical School in
August 1924. He is the first Filipino musician to attain a doctorate degree.