I grew up between Cebu and London, and that movement between places has shaped almost everything about how I think and work. I am a final-year Politics undergraduate at Queen Mary University of London, on track for a First Class degree, and my dissertation examines how disinformation, voter predispositions and contested historical memory interacted to shape the 2022 Philippine presidential election.
Beyond the academy, my time has been spent organising in East London with Citizens UK, where I helped lead the Victoria and Albert Museum Living Wage campaign, chaired the Safety panel at the Tower Hamlets Issues Workshop, and supported delegate operations across borough and national assemblies. I currently serve as a Communications, Media and Public Relations Volunteer Officer for St John Ambulance, producing press releases, recruitment campaigns and human-interest editorial across regional and national channels.
For the better part of a decade I have also worked as a freelance open-source investigator, applying OSINT, source verification and structured reporting for clients across local government and higher education. Alongside this, I have spent years in professional kitchens as a Chef de Partie in London, an experience that continues to inform my organising work and my conviction that the case for the Living Wage should be made by the people who live it.
I write, film, edit, organise and investigate. I care about democratic resilience, dignified work, and communications that persuade rather than merely inform.