New leaders, continuing challenges:
Financing, Accountability, and Prospects for Barangay Governance

She is a sociologist working on public policy, governance, and development issues. Her research work and advocacies are focused on subnational/local governance, transparency, accountability, and anti-corruption, and policy development to address complex development problems. She works with the Institute for Leadership, Empowerment, and Democracy; the Development Studies Program of the Ateneo de Manila University; and The Asia Foundation. Her views do not speak for the positions of her institutional affiliations.

She serves as Policy Associate at iLEAD. Her years in research and development field span across the areas of public policy, local governance and development communication. Prior to joining iLEAD, she worked at the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines, where she gained most of her knowledge and training in local policy work.

She earned her degree of Bachelor of Arts in International Studies Major in International Politics from Miriam College. She is currently taking up her master’s degree in international studies in the same institution. Her research interests include international relations, peace and security studies, geopolitics, and diplomacy. She previously served the Institute as Senior Research Associate.