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

  • B.A. History, University of the Philippines in the Visayas, 1999
  • M.A. Asian Studies (Korea Studies), University of the Philippines, Diliman, 2007
  • M.A. Korean Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, 2012
  • Ph.D. Political Science and International Relations, Yonsei University, Seoul, 2016

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Korean studies
  • Filipino migration to Korea
  • environmental politics
  • Korea and Southeast Asia