She is a seasoned educator and administrator with nearly 20 years of service in the Department of Social Science and Legal Management (DSSLM) at the College of Arts and Sciences, Lyceum of the Philippines University, Manila. She holds a master’s degree in public administration from the National College of Business and Arts and earned her doctorate from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, where she completed a CHED-funded dissertation on the impact of the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act on the socio-economic and political lives of Indigenous communities. She has published extensively in the fields of political and social sciences, co-authored textbooks on Philippine governance and society, and served as a Visiting Professor in Timor-Leste. Actively involved in Indigenous Peoples’ education, she continues to contribute to academic forums and seminars.