She served as the Project Manager of the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN), a project of the United Nations Development Programme in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, since 2014. As a licensed environmental planner, she holds a Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of the Philippines and a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Planning from Maryknoll College (now Miriam College). Her extensive career encompasses a wide range of roles across government, the private sector, and academia, in addition to a long-standing association with the Haribon Foundation, where she formerly held the position of Chief Operating Officer.