EDUCATION Background

Ph.D. in Theology and Religious Studies (2022-ongoing)                   Supervisor/Promoter: Prof. Dr. Christian Danz, Institute of Systematic Theology and Religious Studies, Institut für Systematische Theologie und Religionswissenschaft der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Wien
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The Leader’s Way Certificate Program, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University, USA (2025-2026) https://berkeleydivinity.yale.edu/about-transforming-leaders/the-leaders-way-certificate-program

Doctoral Erasmus Traineeship at Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium (2025-2026) Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Judith Gruber, https://theo.kuleuven.be/en/research/researchers/00116195

Cohort, Institute for Emerging Leaders (2025), Director: Prof. Dr. Jonathan Golden, https://drew.edu/academic/centers-institutes/center-on-religion-culture-and-conflict/about-us/

Left Ph.D. Religious Studies, Hamburg University, Germany (2020–2023)

Thesis: Decoloniality, Indigenous Knowledge, Epistemic Reconstitution of Filipino Theologies in the Philippines

Promoter: Prof. Dr. Giovanni Maltese, Managing Director IMOER | Junior Professor, Institute for Religious Studies and Global Christianity, University of Hamburg, Germany

Visiting Ph.D. Researcher, University of Vienna, March – November 2001

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christian Danz, Department of Religious Studies

Pre-Doctorate Program (PhD. Theology and Religious Studies), Radboud University, The Netherlands, 2020-2021, Promoter: Prof. Dr. Castillo Guerra, J. E. (Jorge)

International Summer School German (and) Theology, 30 June to 18 July 2025: The International Summer School German and Theology at the Faculty of Protestant-Theology of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz Germany

MA. Ecumenical Studies (with Specialization in Sociology of Religion), University of Bonn, Germany, 2020, Thesis: Refugee—The Human Face of God: Doing Theology at the Border

Master of Ministry, Union Theological Seminary, Philippines, 2025 https://www.uts.ph/

MA. Theology and Religious Studies, Evangelische Theologische Faculteit Leuven, Belgium, 2020, Thesis: A Critical Evaluation of Simon Chan’s Grassroots Asian Theology as an Alternative Way of Doing Theology in the Philippine Context

MA. Intercultural Theology (with Specialization in Crosscultural Theology), Protestantse Theologische Universiteit/PThU, The Netherlands, 2017, Thesis: Grassroots Theology in the Philippines As A Third Way Beyond Liberation And Pentecostal

Cert. Postgraduate Programme Migrant Pastor and Church Leader, VU-Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2020

Master of Arts in Theological Studies (thesis not completed), Formation Institute for Religious Educators (FIRE), Ateneo De Manila University Quezon City, Philippines, 2015

Master of Arts in Religious Studies specialization in Scripture (Presidential Scholar), Institute of Formation and Religious Studies, Quezon City, Philippines, 2012

Associate in Philosophy, Our Lady of Angel Seminary Quezon City, Philippines,  2012

Certificate in Teaching Religion (Post-Graduate Program, DLSU Science Foundation), De La Salle University-Manila, Philippines, 2008

Bachelor of Science in Sociology (Minor in Anthropology), Polytechnic University of the Philippines, 2008

Photo: ‘Coffe-bike,’ University of Bonn campus near Kurfürstliches Schloss, (2018)