Bonjour hi! Kumusta?! I am an immigrant settler on Turtle Island, currently a resident of Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. I am also a Canada Graduate Scholar (through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council), pursuing my doctorate in educational studies at McGill University. Supervised by Dr. Amir Kalan, my research interests are broadly categorised into two strands and are heavily influenced by my lived experiences as a racialized queer immigrant and former high school teacher. I am primarily interested in the languages and literacies socialization of queer immigrant youth in multicultural and complex societies such as Montreal. My doctoral research is also guided by two committee members, Dr. Korina Jocson (York) and Dr. Bronwen Low (McGill). 

My second strand of interest is in the area of queer pedagogy and inclusion in TESOL and EFL learning contexts. Prior to emigrating to Canada, I spent almost a decade in China’s greater bay area serving as head of department, senior high school assistant director, and English teacher in international school contexts. In the Philippines, where I was born and raised, I spent three years teaching middle school, high school, and undergraduate level English and literature courses. 

My manuscripts have so far appeared in TESOL Journal, International Education Theory and Practice, TESOL International Journal, and Asian ESP Journal. I enjoy traveling and have been to more than 25 countries. Also, j’essaye d’apprendre le français!

I am currently affiliated with:

Mosaïque: Research Network for Studies in Literacy, Discourse, and Society, McGill University

Posthumanism Research Institute, Brock University

Next Generation Literacies Network, Hamburg University

Academic Degrees & Continuing Education

PhD, Educational Studies, on-going, McGill University

Certificate, French for Professional Communication, McGill University

MA, Education, University College London, England

MA, Applied Linguistics, University of San Carlos, The Philippines

BA, Linguistics & Literature, University of San Carlos, The Philippines