Undersecretary, Department of Foreign Affairs
Alternate Board Member, CAAP Board
Alternate Board Member, CAAP Board
Date of Appointment: November 17, 2025
Age: 57 years old
Age: 57 years old
- BA English (Cum Laude)- University of the Philippines, Daman, 1989
- MA English and Cultural Studies, Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada 1991
- Juris Doctor, Ateneo de Manila University School of Law, Philippines, 1999
- Graduate Diploma in China Business Law (With Distinction), University of Hong Kong, 2005
- Fellow, Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong, 2008
- Member, Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), admitted in 2000
- 1995-1996 Principal Assistant, Office of the Undersecretary for Policy, Maritime and Oceans Affairs Unit
- 1996-1999 Principal then Special Assistant, Office of the Undersecretary for Administration, Acting Board Secretary, Board of Foreign Service Administration, Concurrent, Acting Director, Office of American Affairs
- 1999-2002 3rd then 2nd Secretary & Vice Consul then Consul, Philippine Embassy in Mexico
- 2002-2005 Consul and Acting Head of Post, Philippine Consulate General, Hong Kong
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2005-2008
Special Assistant, Office of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Concurrently, Head of the Department Legislative Liaison Unit - 2008-2011 Minister and Consul General, Philippine Consulate General in New York and Manager, Philippine Center in New York
- 2011-2013 Deputy Consul General, Philippine Consulate General in New York and Manager, Philippine Center in New York
- 2013-2016 Chief Coordinator, Office of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs
- 2016-2018 Consul General, Philippine Consulate General in New York and Vice-chair, Philippine Center Management Board, New York
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2018-2019
Acting Undersecretary for Administration and concurrently Chief Coordinator, Office of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Acting Chairperson, Board of Foreign Service Administration
Member, Board of Foreign Service Examination - 2019-2021 Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany
- July 2021-Jul 2025 Ambassador to the Republic of Korea
- From August 2025 Undersecretary for Administration, Department of Foreign Affairs
- Order of Sikatuna, Rank of Dakilang Kasugo (Gold Distinction), 2015
- Order of Lakandula, Rank of Pinuno (Officer), 2007
- Gawad Mabini, Rank of Dakilang Kasugo (Commander), 2007
- Medal of Civic Merit (Isabela La Catolica) from the Kingdom of Spain, 2007
- Ambassador of the Year, Asia Society Korea, 2023
- Best Ambassador, Korea Consumer Global Council, 2022, 2023
- Distinguished Alumna, Ateneo de Manila University School of Law, 2024
- Women of Malolos Awardee, Order of the Knights of Rizal, 2025
- Filipino, English, Spanish, French (Conversational), German (Basic), Korean (Basic), Kapampangan (Philippine Language)
- Writer, The Manila Bulletin (Features); Cultural Dictionary for Filipinos (Anvil Publishing, 1992), Women in Diplomacy: Remarkable Women Diplomats of the Philippines (2019), Frontiers of Public Diplomacy (2024), Dayo 이민자: Stories of Migration (2024)