Tammy David was born in Makati City, Philippines in 1983. David was one of the participants of Peter Bialobrzeski’s Teach and Work program organized by the Goethe Institut in Manila in 2008. David also completed a diploma course in Photojournalism from the Konrad Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism in partnership with the World Press Photo Education during the same year. In 2009, David represented the Philippines in Asia-Europe Foundation’s Emerging Photographers’ Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Presently, David is based Manila and works in public relations as a consultant. She also continues to shoot freelance for different publications and organizations as well as working on her long term personal projects.