I am a community organizer, cultural activist, poet, photography enthusiast and a Wikimedia volunteer since 2006 from the Philippines.
In 2009, we formed the
Bikol Wikipedia Community
which later on became the
Philippine Wikimedia Community User Group
. Since its formation in 2015, I served as the community coordinator and the Board Chair in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022. I am an administrator on Bikol Wikipedia, proponent and former administrator of Bikol Wiktionary, among other projects namely the Bikol language-based Wikipedia editions of Rinconada Bikol Wikipedia, Pandan Bikol Wikipedia, Miraya Bikol Wikipedia, and Bikol Wikisource. Currently, I serve as a member of the
ESEAP Preparatory Council
.
I am the project lead of
Wikipedia Asian Month
(WAM) on Bikol Wikipedia in
2016
,
2018
,
2019
,
2020
,
2021
and
2022
,
Wiki Loves Monuments
(WLM) in the Philippines in
2018
,
2019
,
2020
and
2023
,
Wiki Loves Earth
(WLE) in the Philippines in
2018
and
2019
,
WikiGap
in the Philippines in
2020
,
2021
and
2022
; and
Wiki Loves Folklore
in the Philippines in
2023
. In 2020, I was a Wikipedia Asian Month international jury member, and a final round jury in
Wiki Loves Earth 2020 in Armenia
and in
Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in Armenia
. From 2018 ? 2020 and 2023, I also served as a jury member in Wiki Loves Earth in the Philippines.
As a community leader, organizer and seasoned contributor, I represented the PhilWiki Community at the 2017, 2018 and 2019
Wikimedia Summit
held in Berlin, Germany,
2018 ESEAP Wikimedia Conference
held in Bali, Indonesia, and
Wikimedia+Education Conference 2019
held at San Sebastian, Basque Country in Spain. I participated at the
2020 Movement Strategy Global Conversations
as a representative of PhilWiki Community, and at the
2022 Wikimedia Summit
as an online participant representing
Commons Photographers User Group
. Recently, I participated at the
EduWiki Conference 2023
held in Belgrade, Serbia and at
Wikimania 2023
held in Singapore as a scholarship recipient.
Outside the Wikimedia movement, my day job is teaching primary learners. I am involved in various cultural organizations serving leadership roles. Currently, I am the Boarcd Chair of Parasurat Bikolnon writers organization formed in 2010. My other organizations are Sumaro Bikolnon cultural organization, Kintab Artists Group Inc. and the Nueva Caceres Heritage Movement Inc.
During the CoViD-19 pandemic, I participated in
Wikimedia Sverige
's
WikiGap Challenge 2020
wherein I finished 6th Place and got the Mind the Gap Barnstar
"for [the] great contribution in the WikiGap Challenge, and to the visibility of women on Wikipedia"
. I also joined
WikiDonne
's
Wikipedia 20 Concorso per testi poetici
wherein one of my entries received an honorable mention. I submitted
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
which received “meritevoli di menzione”:
"I testi, rispondendo al tema del concorso, esprimono un messaggio ad esso pertinente con un linguaggio corretto e non privo di efficacia comunicativa"
(the text responds to the theme of the competition, it expresses a pertinent message using a correct and effective language). Here is my second entry to the contest:
Wikipedia Alphabet
[1]
- Another article and
- Bytes of information
- Contributed to a
- Digital
- Encyclopedia
- For free;
- Gaps fixed and closed;
- Humans and bots
- Interlinking,
- Joining together to make
- Knowledge available to anyone;
- Learning actively
- Making studying interesting;
- New projects created and
- Open resources are shared:
- Photographs of world heritage,
- Quotations of notable persons,
- Reportage of news around the globe,
- Species of flora and fauna,
- Travel guides for tourist destinations,
- Understanding unknown
- Vocabularies of different languages,
- Wiki Loves
- X photography contests;
- You can edit with
- Zestfulness!
Barnstars