About

Reena Rose Sibayan is an award-winning photojournalist based in the New York City metro area. She currently works as the chief photographer and photo editor for The Jersey Journal, a daily newspaper in Jersey City, N.J., covering Hudson County.

A graduate of the Eddie Adams Photography Workshop in 2002, she has received awards from the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA), the New Jersey Press Association (NJPA), and the New Jersey Press Photographers Association (NJPPA). Her work has appeared in the Star-Ledger and the New York Times, among others.

Reena was born in San Fernando, La Union, Philippines, and grew up in Baguio City, Philippines. She immigrated to the United States in 1997.

She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. She lives with her husband, photographer Max Pasion, in Bayonne, N.J.

Reena is available to photograph weddings and other events in New York, New Jersey and beyond. Please contact her for more information.