My body of work is to shape high-risk transitions that do not merely redistribute power, but reimagine the infrastructures and mechanisms that allow them — interrogating innovation so that policy and institutional design serve as both compass and covenant, embedding net positive values into the scaffolding of progress before it becomes legacy. Between these exist contested futurities where my creative practice and curiosities lie.

Specifically, my interests span sociotechnical systems that occupy a nebulous state of becoming: artificial intelligence and renewable energy. Each embodies transformative potential, yet risks perpetuating systemic violence without agility, alignment, and foresight.

At the University of the Philippines, I am a Research Associate to the Vice President for Digital Transformation, where I play a key role in shaping AI governance and digital transformation initiatives that influence both institutional and national policy.

Beyond, these curiosities led me to co-found The Ambit as Director of Research and Strategy, where we stimulated AI governance across Philippine legislation barely waking to its technological frontiers. Our work was recognized by the DC think tank Center for AI and Digital Policy, the European Commission, the Indonesian government, Vogue, and our Congress’ House Committee on ICT, where we served as advisory consultants.

In parallel, I am deeply involved in the Philippines’ energy transition as Head of Research at Youth for Climate Hope. Since high school, we have led strategic movement-building efforts, through the #FossilFreeNegros campaigns in 2019 and 2022. These initiatives successfully mobilized multi-sectoral coalitions to halt proposed coal-fired power plant developments in Southeast Asia’s solar power capital.

Cebu is both where I attend university and officially reside. During the holidays, I move between Taguig and Singapore for family, or venture to other destinations overseas. Born in Bacolod, I was raised in the cultural hotspots of Negros in Silay and Dumaguete.

When withdrawing from these realms, I lift, scale mountains, listen to alternative rock and musical theatre, photograph liminality, memory, and symmetry, blog, or actually sleep.