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2017 to 2019 - CAPSTONE Initiatives in SHS

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2017 to 2019 - CAPSTONE Initiatives in SHS

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After working in our CAPSTONE project for at least two years, I, as the leader of my group, was among the few students who were selected to travel to Japan. During the activities, I was able to share our project to different students from different countries, and I was also able to learn from their projects. However, beyond the projects, we were able to discuss the problems of our own countries. We realized that while we were different in terms of culture, certain patterns present themselves in terms of the problem we face as a society (e.g. corruption). This made me realize that there's a lot of space for collaboration for the youth in the area of policy and advocacy. I can relate this to the first stage in the Lasallian Reflection Framework, Masid-Danas, as the experience opened my perspectives on the different realities of life that kept me looking for answers to problems that the world is facing.

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2019 - Intern at the Office of Senator Risa Hontiveros

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2019 - Intern at the Office of Senator Risa Hontiveros

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I was fortunate to be selected as an intern at the Office of Senator Risa Hontiveros. While the internship was short-term, I was able to contribute in events on SOGIE and research on interns for a bill that protects interns. This leads me to the second stage of the Lasallian Reflection Framework, Suri-Nilay. Being in the national institution allowed me to critically reflect and analyze the problems of our country.

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2019 to 2021 - Alyansang Tapat sa Lasalista and University Student Government

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2019 to 2021 - Alyansang Tapat sa Lasalista and University Student Government

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In my first two years in DLSU, I became an active member of Alyansang Tapat sa Lasalista and the University Student Government. First, I share with Tapat the principles and advocacies that I try to incorporate in my life. Having the same people around kept me fighting for the rights of students and people outside our University. In these two years, I was fortunate enough to be trusted by two USG presidents as I became part of the Office of the President. There, I had the chance to help in different policies, but what I consider the most important was the Tuition Fee Increase deliberations. Using my background in economics, I helped the USG argue for a 0% TFI. I consider this stage as the third stage, "Taya-Kilos." Seeing the realities of life, I was able to commit myself into action by contributing (no matter how small) to policies that would uplift the marginalized.

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Our thesis is about trade liberalization and wage inequality in the Philippines during the 21st century. With the liberalization of trade since the late 20th century, economists have been concerned with the impact of trade on labor market outcomes. The Philippines, having had persistent inequality problems, made us look into this problem again. In particular, we observe how the wages of skilled and unskilled workers differ.