About the Speaker About the Speaker

Dr. Maria Teresita Pastor-Medado or Dr. Tata Pastor-Medado is currently a Board Member and Treasurer of ARISE – Philippines and convenor for the Philippine – Women’s International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR). Dr. Medado holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Management from De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines. She is also the President of Asia Pacific College (APC) since 2017, an educational partnership of SM Foundation and IBM Philippines. Dr. Medado is a member of the Philippine Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) Technical Panel for Teacher Education, and Chairman of the Technical Committee on Alternative Learning.