Education
PhD, Political Science, York University (in progress)
Specialties: Women and Politics, Canadian Politics
Dissertation: Far Beyond the Oceans, O Sa Mga Ibayong Dagat: Terraformations of Citizenship and Identity as Experienced by the Filipino Diaspora in Canada
Supervisory Committee:
Dr. Ethel Tungohan (supervisor), Dr. Leah F. Vosko, Dr. Jakeet Singh.
MSc, Planning, Social Planning Stream, University of Toronto
Collaborative Specialization, Diaspora and Transnational Studies
Masters Project: A Room of Her Own: Racialised and Gendered Violence Experienced by Filipina Live-In Care Workers
Supervisory Committee:
Dr. Raj Reddy (supervisor), Dr. Michelle Buckley, Dr. Robert Diaz.
*Published as Chapter 5, The Unmet Expectations of Love and Labour: Migrant Care Workers as Part of the Family in Knowledge, Power, and Migration: Contesting the North/South Divide (Abu-Laban, Paquet, Tungohan, 2025).
BA, Honours, University of Toronto
Urban Studies, Diaspora & Transnational Studies, English
Graduated with High Honours