She was recruited as a full time faculty member in 2014. She is a registered nurse who graduated from the Adventist University of the Philippines with honors for her Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master in Public Health and Master of Science in Nursing (Major: Medical-Surgical Nursing) degrees in 1993, 1995 and 2010, respectively. She took the Doctor of Public Health studies in the field of Health Promotion and Education at the College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila, under the scholarship granted by the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Center for Health Research and Development, and graduated in 2003. She obtained her undergraduate and graduate