I am a licensed physician in the Philippines with a master's degree in public health. I have a strong background in writing and journalism in general, having been published in national newspapers like the Philippine Daily Inquirer and a few literary journals. I am currently affiliated with LoveYourself Inc., a non-profit organization providing holistic management for individuals with HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). I am also working full-time as a Senior Analyst at Innodata Inc., serving as a subject matter expert in medicine in training artificial intelligence and large language models.