I pursued a bachelor's degree in nursing as a scholar in one of the Philippines' top schools. While I found being inside operating theaters and emergency rooms exhilarating, I wanted to create tools and systems that could help people on a larger scale rather than treat individual patients daily. So after passing the national licensure exam, I sought to explore the fields of technology and design.

From healthcare to design to healthcare design, I've worked on projects that improve access and quality to the industry–volunteering in mental health organizations, doing UX reviews for a VR pain management company based in Australia and enabling clinics and hospitals to provide medical services in the middle of a pandemic through a Singaporean startup.

I then moved to Barcelona, Spain where I finished my masters degree in design and artificial intelligence at ELISAVA. For my final project, I envisioned how new technologies can be integrated to our daily lives to keep us healthier.