He has been a faculty of social work for 14 years. An Associate Professor V of the Social Work Department, Mindanao State University (Main Campus), Marawi City, Philippines whose main interest in research lies in gender based violence and family resilience. He graduated with Bachelor of Science in Social Work with honor as Magna Cum Laude at Mindanao State University in2004. He ranked as 2nd Placer in the 2006 National Social Workers’ Licensure Examination in the Philippines.
He finished two (2) graduate programs in social work namely; MTSW (Masters of Teaching in Social Work) in October 2010 at the Catholic University of America, Washington D.C where classes were being held on modular basis in Cotabato City, Philippines. This scholarship was under the SWEP (Social Work Education Project) designed mainly for the social work educators and practitioners who are situated in conflict affected areas in Mindanao- Philippines. And in 2014-16, he was awarded with full scholarship under Erasmus Mundus Program with a 2 year degree of European Master in Social Work with Families and Children in ISCTE-IUL Lisbon, Portugal, University of Stavanger, Norway and Gothenburg University, Sweden . He was also a recipient of Erasmus Exchange scholarship in his DOCTOR IN PUBLIC ADMISNITARTION PROGRAM of which he spent his one semester in ISCTE -IUL, Lisbon Portugal in January 2022 to June 2022. He also took lead in 2021-2022 a national scale project in Mainstreaming Anti OSAEC to Social Work Curriculum in the Philippines. Presently, he was the former “Internationalization Affairs and Linkages Officer Relation Officer of the College of Public Affairs.
