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

  • Ph.D. in Sociomedical Sciences/Anthropology, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University
  • Masters in Public Health, Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
  • BA in Political Science, University of the Philippines Diliman