I didn't start in boardrooms or corporate offices. I started in a small province in the Philippines, trying to figure out how communities could grow without waiting for someone else to fix things.
That question has driven everything since.
Over the past several years, I've worn a lot of hats, sometimes all at once. University instructor. Nonprofit founder. Grant-winning project lead. Policy delegate. Research contributor. None of these roles felt separate to me because the work was always the same at its core: understand a problem deeply, bring the right people together, and build something that actually holds.
At MOVERS Ph, the organization I founded, we've worked with young people on governance, social entrepreneurship, and community resilience. We've competed against hundreds of organizations for funding and won. That process taught me more about strategy, storytelling, and stakeholder management than any classroom could.
I've also had the chance to take this work to bigger stages. I was selected as a YSEALI Fellow by the U.S. Department of State, where my team placed 1st in an AI Innovation competition. I served as a resource person at a U.S. State Department roundtable on AI and entrepreneurship in Phuket, sitting alongside leaders from across the Indo-Pacific. And I was chosen as a 2025 Fellow for the Next Generation Foresight Practitioners program, working on climate and just transitions with a global cohort, with a nomination to represent the group at the Dubai Future Forum.
Back home, I teach at Aklan State University, where I've led research projects, chaired international recognition committees, and edited our departmental publication. I finished my undergraduate degree Cum Laude and I'm currently completing my MBA.
What ties all of this together is a genuine belief that good ideas need good execution, and that the people closest to a problem are usually the ones best positioned to solve it.|
I'm now actively building toward a transition into the private sector, specifically in areas where strategy, technology, and social impact meet. If you're working on something at that intersection, I'd like to connect.
