Amelia Rogel-Rara's Page

Hometown

Baguio City, Philippines

Current Location

Metro-Manila, Philippines

Job/Business

Community-based specialist in functional literacy (applied linguistics), content developer for eLearning, ethnography researcher and documentary filmmaker.

CSR Consultant for private corporations particularly in the field of public education and functional literacy for marginalized communities -- indigenous peoples, Muslims in conflict-affected areas, farmers and fisherfolk.

Educational Background

Trained in Anthropology at the University of the Philippines
Completed masteral academic program in Functional Literacy (Applied linguistics) under the Summer Institute of Linguistics and the Baguio Vacation Normal School
Attended certification programs and seminar-workshops on eLearning (sponsored by the Philippine eLearning Society, ADBI, AIM- WorldBank, SEAMEO - Philippines).
Completed certifications in Participatory Filmmaking (Cinema Verite) and documentary filmmaking with the University of the Philippines Film Center and Varan TV (France).
Certifications received from Scriptwriting workshops/seminars sponsored by MOWELFUND, Film Academy of the Philippines.

Organizations

Philippine eLearning Society

My Advocacies

Documentary and Protecting Indigenous Knowledge

Interest in Mindanao

Maintaining lifelong friendship with the peoples of Mindanao whom I worked with and live with for over 15 years while working with the Presidential Adviser on National Minorities Foundation and the National Museum of the Philippines.