Franco Miguel M. Nodado graduated with a BS in Public Health degree (magna cum laude) from the University of the Philippines Visayas. He received the Iloilo City Government’s Commendation award as a top university graduate. He was the governor of UPV Clovers, the academic organization for BS in Biology and Public Health students. During his stint as the Vice President for External Affairs of PH Pub, the organization was awarded the Most Outstanding Organization by the College of Arts and Sciences dean. He was also elected as an associate member of the Royal Society for Public Health in the United Kingdom and inducted into one of the most prestigious societies in the world – the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi based in Louisiana, USA. He is pursuing further studies at West Visayas State University – College of Medicine for his Doctor of Medicine degree.