Master of Arts (MA) in History, ongoing.
BA Social Sciences (History), University of the Philippines Baguio, 2018.
Researcher, Local Government Unit of Binalonan, Pangasinan.
Overseas Research Assistant, National University of Singapore.
“My research centers on the Cold War production of knowledge and on historiography, as well as on early-twentieth-century labor and migration history. I grew up in Luzon’s central plain and was often fascinated by my community’s eye-witness accounts of the Huk rebellion. The revolt broke out 60 years ago and marked the height of the country’s Cold War narrative. But where were my townmates’ stories and perspectives in this popular and scholarly narrative?
In 2019, I began interviews funded by the grant titled “Reconceptualizing the Cold War: On-the-ground Experiences in Asia,” a research project led by Prof. Masuda Hajimu of the National University of Singapore. I hypothesize that the uprising cannot be understood merely as a polarized narrative between communists and the government. Nor was it simply a tear in our country’s social fabric. I suspect it was very much about identity, modernity, and nationalism.
A second project I am working on is the 19th century migration of Ilocanos into Pangasinan and their eventual migration to the United States in the early 20th century. I am interested in the afterlives of these migrants—how they shaped the histories of Philippine-US’ labor and civil rights movements.
At the UP Departamento ng Kasaysayan, I have been enriched by some of the most talented and competent people inside and outside the classroom. The department’s linkages and projects, have exposed me to archival repositories and pushed me into new trajectories of historical inquiry and methodology.”
