Curriculum Vitae

Last updated June 17, 2024

EDUCATION

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky

Doctor of Education, Higher Education, 2021

Master of Arts, Biblical Counseling, 2018

University of the Philippines (UP), Baguio, Philippines

Bachelor of Arts, Social Anthropology and Political Science, 2014  

CERTIFICATIONS

National Council for Mental Wellbeing,

Mental Health First Aid, Dec. 2022

Expires: Dec. 2025

Relevant skills: Identify, understand and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among adults

MINISTRY / WORK EXPERIENCE

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary                  

2019-2021, 2023-present | Louisville, Kentucky

Administrative Assistant to Student Life Office and Women’s Ministry Coordinator

  • As a Women’s Ministry Coordinator, I plan events for women. Additionally, I work with a team of volunteers to help women of Southern Seminary and Boyce feel welcome.
  • As an Administrative Assistant to Student Life, I am responsible for bookkeeping and assisting the Dean of Students and the Associate Director of Student Life.
  • I assist the leaders of Student Organizations in event planning and serving their members.

Practical Shepherding                                          

2022-present | Louisville, Kentucky

Counselor

  • I provide virtual counseling for pastors’ wives and pastors’ kids.

Women’s Ministry Assistant

  • I facilitate a support group for pastors’ wives over Zoom.

Christian Psychology Institute                                

Oct. 2022-present | Louisville, Kentucky

Coordinator

  1. I assist the director in preparing the standards for Christian Psychologists.
  2. I plan and execute events for local pastors, therapists, and lay people who are interested in Christian Psychology.

Graceland Baptist Church                                

Oct. 2020-Aug. 2023 | New Albany, Indiana

Soul Care Director

  • I provide individual and marital counseling to the members of the church.
  • I designed a curriculum for training lay people who are called to provide Soul Care.

Sojourn Community Church, East Campus                              

2018-2020 | Louisville, Kentucky

Lay Counselor                                                                                              

  • As a lay counselor at Sojourn, I counseled people from different backgrounds and different level of Christian maturity.
  • I also counseled other lay counselors who needed emotional and professional support as they were meeting with their counselees.

Small Group Facilitator                                                                        

  • Besides lectures, the lay counseling training curriculum includes an hour of group time where participants are encouraged to apply the skills presented in the lecture. I served as a small group facilitator for 3 semesters.

Lay Counselor Trainer                                                                         

  • I taught several modules and topics during the lay counseling training.

Grace Baptist Church                                                   

May 2017-August 2017 | Somerset, Kentucky

Ministry Intern

  • I worked as a ministry assistant for Dr. Todd Meadows and Dr. Scott Gilbert. This entails reviewing the curriculum used for by the youth ministry leaders.

Discipleship/Mentor

  • I mentored college-age girls throughout the summer.

Immanuel Baptist Church                                     

January 2016-August 2016 | Louisville, Kentucky

Baptist Campus Ministry Intern

  • I worked as a campus intern to the University of Louisville BCM, specifically to international students. I shared the gospel with international students through ESL small groups.
  • I joined a Bible study lead by my co-interns and provided music for congregational singing.
  • Attended as a small group facilitator and emcee during International Students Conferences lead by the Kentucky Baptist Convention.

Lovestruck Movement                                                       

2014-2015 | Manila, Philippines

Lovestruck Movement is a non-profit organization that aims to provide the youth, both church and unchurched, with the biblical sex education. Through conferences, seminars and small group discussion, Filipino youth were encouraged to pursue biblical purity and sexual abstinence.

Resource Speaker

  • I conducted biblical sex education seminars in churches and public schools.
  • I equipped pastors and youth leaders how to engage the young people with biblical principles and convictions on sexuality.

Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU)                                        

2013-2015 | Baguio, Philippines

Volunteer Staff                                                          2015 | Ilocos Norte, Philippines

  • I shared the Gospel, discipled and trained student leaders in 5 campuses across the province. There was no existing CRU presence prior to my arrival. 

Campus Leader                                                        2013-2015 | Baguio, Philippines

  • As a campus leader, I conducted Prayer Times, mentored student leaders, and led my own discipleship groups
  • I taught several discipleship classes during training conferences.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION

  • Assessing Epistemological Development among Southeast Asian Graduate Students at Evangelical Seminaries (Doctoral Dissertation)                      2021 | Louisville, KY
  • Pinoy Youth Ministry Volunteer Tips—Kung Wala Ka Nang Malapitan: Effective Youth Counseling                                                                      Release Date: TBA
  • The Ilokanang Baog: Lived Experiences of Infertile Ilokano Women in Ilocos Norte (Undergraduate Thesis)                                      2014 | Baguio City, Philippines

LECTURES AND CLASSES

  • Theology of Pastoral Counseling                                     present | The Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary
  • How People Change                                                 2021-present | Foundations for Christian Leadership (IGSL) Manila, Philippines
  • How to Talk about Difficult Topics the Jesus Way (Break-out session)               2022 | Southern Baptist Convention Indiana, Women’s Conference
  • Epistemological Development and Intercultural Dynamics: Implications for American Educators                                             2022 | The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

PAPER PRESENTATON

  • Assessing Epistemological Development among Southeast Asian Graduate Students at Evangelical Seminaries                             2021 | Society of Professors and Christian Education, Dallas, Texas

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Biblical Counseling
  • Christian Psychology
  • Soul Care
  • Epistemological Development
  • Cross-cultural Education
  • Christian Education
  • Spiritual Formation and Discipleship
  • Women’s Ministry