ABOUT ME Hello! My name is Nerve and I am an international human rights expert with over ten years of experience in program design, management and evaluation, participatory action research, advocacy and campaign strategy, and community organizing. As a country specialist for Amnesty International USA, I serve as the primary human rights expert, reference and monitor for the Philippines. I also strategize campaigns and leads and works with Amnesty members in advocating for the freedom of Prisoners of Conscience and rights of Individuals and Communities-At-Risk. I was awarded the Excellence in Innovation for Human Rights Advocacy at the AI USA 2013 Annual General Meeting given by the Membership Advocacy Unit. In 2012, I was awarded the Excellence in Local Action with Global Impact. I have been invited to speak on human rights, indigenous peoples' rights, business and human rights, development, and conflict resolution to nonprofit organizations, universities and private sector. I am also contributing to a book on families of the disappeared, which will be published by Voice of Witness. In San Francisco, I host a weekly radio show, Possible Futures, at KUSF-in-Exile, where I feature thought leaders in the Bay Area through a conversation. As a filmmaker, I have produced documentary videos, which have been screened at the SF Public Library; De Anza College, Cupertino; CAW Local Union Hall, Toronto; Shoreline Community College, WA; Habi Arts, LA; and UP Film Institute. I am a Grand Prize winner for documentary film at the 2009 Cine-Indie Film Festival for the MDGs for the film Gera Woi Gutasan/War and Hunger. I also co-directed and co-produced Gami Dad Lnumfig/We the Oppressed, which was shown to the UN CERD in Geneva, Switzerland. I work part-time at the World Affairs Council of Northern California as an Audio Video Associate. In 2009, I was awarded a Rotary Peace Fellowship, which gave me the opportunity to come to the US. I have a Masters in Asian Studies at UC Berkeley and my research interests include territoriality, indigeneity and militarism. I am currently in a PhD program at UCLA. PHILOSOPHY We make our own opportunities. The best route to success and happiness is service.