CITIES, CLIMATE & NUDGES
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PERSONAL MISSION
I hope to make an impact on people’s lives and the planet by contributing to sustainable urban development and climate action, and by taking on mentorship roles to students and emerging local champions in the field of sustainability.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
October 2021 - October 2023
PROGRAM MANAGER II & CITY COORDINATORS MANAGER, CLIMATE RESILIENT CITIES
Provided management, guidance, and technical oversight to the implementation of the USAID-funded Climate Resilient Cities (CRC) Project across six cities (i.e. Batangas, Borongan, Zamboanga, Cotabato, Iloilo, and Legazpi)
June 2020 to present
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BEHAVIORALE PH
Philippines-based mission-driven think-and-do tank harnessing breakthroughs in behavioral economics to serve communities in the global south, improve people's lives, and protect the planet. See behaviorale.com
Oct 2018 to August 2021
CITY ADVISER FOR QUEZON CITY, C40 CITIES CLIMATE LEADERSHIP GROUP
The City Adviser serves as the embedded senior manager responsible for the strategic delivery of C40’s Climate Action Planning (CAP) Southeast Asia programme for Quezon City, Philippines
May 2018 to Nov 2018
CONSULTANT, DEVELOPING UNDP-GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITY (GEF) PROJECT ON SUSTAINABLE CITIES, ICLEI SOUTHEAST ASIA SECRETARIAT
Led a team of two junior and three senior climate experts, designing and submitting "Supporting Cities to Achieve Low Emission Urban Pathways (SCALEUP)”, a full-size project (at US$ 27-M) under the Global Environmental Facility-Six
Jan 2017 to May 2018
COUNTRY LIAISON OFFICER (PHILIPPINES) FOR THE “AMBITIOUS CITY PROMISES”, ICLEI SOUTHEAST ASIA SECRETARIAT
Provided overall supervision in the delivery of project activities in the Philippines for the Ambitious City Promises (ACP), an international project supporting nine large cities in Indonesia, the Philippines and Viet Nam to establish citizen-led climate actions, drawing inspiration from the Promise of Seoul
May 2016 to May 2018
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION PROJECT OFFICER, ICLEI SOUTHEAST ASIA SECRETARIAT
Managed a portfolio of urban projects on low carbon development, sustainable energy and urban research, and worked directly with more than ten cities across Asia
Aug 2016 to Mar 2018
RESIDENT ADVISER, ATENEO RESIDENCE HALLS, ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY; LECTURER, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
Taught classes of university-level general principles of economics, agrarian reform and taxation in the academic school year 2016-2017. As Resident Adviser for Ateneo Residence Halls, I served the role of a counselor, guide and moderator for resident students
Aug 2018 to Sep 2018
CITY PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR ZAMBOANGA CITY, USAID-SURGE, INTERNATIONAL CITY/COUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (ICMA)
Provided project oversight to activities in Zamboanga City. USAID-SURGE is the $47.8-M flagship project of USAID’s Cities Development Initiative, supporting nine Philippine cities towards inclusive urban development
Feb 2018 to May 2018
SHORT-TERM CONSULTANT, MONITORING & EVALUATION FOR THE NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN, GIZ GMBH
Worked with a team of five technical staff from the GIZ GmbH and Climate Change Commission to facilitate the evaluation and updating of the Knowledge & Capacity Development component of the National Climate Change Action Plan of the Philippines
EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
2019 - 2022
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (UNITED KINGDOM)
Recipient, MSc Programme Scholarship Award and Graduated with Merit Award
Fellow, Green Labs, a six-week programme run by Oxford Hub and funded by the Department of Environmental Sustainability at University of Oxford, for people who want to learn to make change happen through community action
2014-2016
MASTER OF ARTS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR IN GLOBAL POLITICS
ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY (PHILIPPINES)
Recipient, Ateneo Graduate Students Scholarship Foundation
Thesis: “Governing Urban Sustainability Transitions: A Comparative Case Study of Local Energy and Climate Governance in Kyoto City (Japan) & Quezon City (Philippines)” with final grade equivalent of ‘very good’
Sep 2015 - Apr 2016
MASTER’S MOBILITY, ERASMUS MUNDUS WITH ASIA (NON-DEGREE)
INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW (POLAND)
Recipient, Erasmus Mundus Scholarship under EMMAsia, an EU-funded academic scholarship program between European universities and developing Asia
Spring Term 2015
ASEAN UNIVERSITY NETWORK-KYOTO UNIVERSITY京都大学 JOINT MASTERS’ THESIS SUPERVISION (NON-DEGREE)
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENERGY SCIENCES, KYOTO UNIVERSITY (JAPAN)
Recipient, Japanese Government Scholarship under the ASEAN University Network-Kyoto University “Joint Master’s Thesis Supervision”
2010-2014
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ECONOMICS-HONORS PROGRAM; BACHELOR OF ARTS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE WITH MINOR DEGREE IN MANAGEMENT
ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY (PHILIPPINES)
Recipient, Full Scholarship
Recognition:
Cum Laude Distinction
Finalist, Most Outstanding Individual for Leadership & Service (University)
Summer Term 2014
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC EXCHANGE PROGRAMME (NON-DEGREE)
KYUSHU UNIVERSITY九州大学 (FUKUOKA, JAPAN)
Recipient, JASSO scholarship by the Japanese Government Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) for Kyushu University’s Asia in Today’s World Program
Spring Term 2013
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC EXCHANGE (NON-DEGREE)
SOGANG UNIVERSITY서강대학교 (SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA)
Recipient, Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST), Government of South Korea