Mrs. Bersalona is the Director of the Ateneo Institute of Sustainability, where she leads efforts to cultivate a culture of sustainability, resilience, and integral ecology within and beyond Ateneo de Manila University. She is also the Executive Director of the ASEAN University Network on Ecological Education and Culture (AUN-EEC), a regional network engaging youth in climate justice and environmental education, and the Country Manager of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network Philippines (SDSN PH), which mobilizes scientific and technological expertise to promote sustainable development.

With a PhD in Biology from Ateneo, Dr. Delocado serves as an Assistant Professor and Laboratory Head at the Ateneo Biodiversity Research Laboratory, where his research focuses on the discovery of new freshwater insect species, such as the Angat Buhay and Fr Jett beetles, crucial to biodiversity conservation. His work, recognized by the Systematics Association and the Hitachi Foundation, emphasizes the need to address neglected species in environmental conservation, contributing significantly to advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly Life Below Water in Southeast Asia. Dr. Delocado also serves as the Managing Editor of the Philippine Journal for Systematic Biology (PJSB).

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Mrs. Axl Dyll Cerado

Axl Dyll designs participatory experiences that intersect the arts, education, and community development. She has worked with a variety of communities and advocacies, ranging from creating and implementing an in-school theatre-in-education program for pre-kindergarteners in New York City to using verbatim theatre to investigate biases around gender, race, and politics in the United States and in the Philippines. She recently completed her Ph.D. in Educational Theatre at New York University where her research focused on the extent theatre-making can help people care about and for themselves, those close to them, and society.

Having just returned from abroad, Laura now teaches for the Fine Arts Department of Ateneo de Manila University and coaches the elementary and high school theatre clubs of Immaculate Conception Academy - Greenhills. Outside of teaching, she is currently collaborating with various colleagues about how the arts can help express climate anxieties and be a platform for climate justice.