I am an education specialist with almost 2 decades of experience working in the intersection of continuing-higher (tertiary)-adult & lifelong education, community building, government, business and international development sectors. I am trained in capability building, higher education management, executive education, research and consultancy, and professional/lifelong education programmes. 

Before my doctoral studies, I became the Head of Lifelong Learning Programmes for South and Southeast Asia at the National University of Singapore (NUS) School of Continuing and Lifelong Education. I also managed a significant strategic portfolio of government, not-for-profit and development sector executive education, capacity building consultancy and lifelong learning programmes at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (NUS). I also led developing education consulting projects with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ethiopia, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the Philippines, Central Asia and Sri Lanka, and the various state and national departments of the Governments of India, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam among many others.

At the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), I contributed to the work of the Global Network for Learning Cities (GNLC) and UIL's various research projects, including the role of universities and higher education institutions in the pursuit of lifelong learning. 

At the University of Strathclyde, I integrate my professional skills and research interests in teacher professional learning, tertiary and lifelong education, activist teaching, rural-urban community learning, and workplace learning.

• Erasmus Mundus International Master Adult Education for Social Change (IMAESC), University of Glasgow (2020-2022)
  • Joint Master degree offered with University of Malta, Tallinn University and the Open University of Cyprus
• Master of Public Administration, National University of Singapore (2012-2013)
• Bachelor of Arts in History, University of the Philippines Diliman (2000-2003)

Postgraduate Certificate:

• Postgraduate Certificate in Researcher Professional Development, University of Strathclyde (2023)
• Diploma in Industrial Relations, University of the Philippines Diliman (2006-2008)