Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

EDUCATION & RESEARCH

EDUCATION

  • BSE Major in History, Philippine Normal University-Manila, 2002
  • MA Asian Studies, (Southeast Asian Studies), University of the Philippines-Diliman, 2008
  • MA Global Studies, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan, 2012
  • Ph.D. International Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, 2016

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Japan Studies
  • Filipino Migration to Japan
  • Japan and Philippine (and Southeast Asia) Relations
  • Social welfare, development and policy in East Asia