I am a University Lecturer at the Department of International Studies, Far Eastern University, Manila. I also hold the position of Director for Research and Academics of the Asian Blended Learning Exchange, Incorporated (ABLE), an organization that specializes community relations, security, and governance. I also contribute to the teaching activities of the Officer Basic Course (OBC) and Officer Advanced Course (OAC) programs of the National Police College handling Case Methods, Research, and Police Organization courses. My research interests revolve around key topics in Indigenous Peoples (IPs) and ethnicity, disaster management, and security studies particularly terrorism, counterinsurgency, and police-community relations.