Member Directory

Siony Sarabia  has made Auckland, New Zealand her home for fifteen years now. An account officer by profession, she finds the Kiwi lifestyle a mix of metropolitan life and nature.

Karen Mae Medalla is an IBDP Chemistry and secondary science teacher who spent four years in Khartoum, Sudan from SY 2018 to 2022, at the height of its revolution and the pandemic. Prior to Sudan she taught in Dhaka, Bangladesh and the Philippines. She has recently moved to her current school in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Myls Rubio worked in marketing and advertising before joining the Philippine Foreign Service. A staunch supporter of culture and the arts, she is an alumna of the UST Singers, and a soloist of the Diplomatic Choir of Berlin. She is married with three children and is currently based in Germany. Her family’s shared love for music continues to inspire many through self-produced music videos and live online performances.

Henzy Manaligod Richter is an ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) research professional who has long swapped her foreign language teaching and translation background for sustainability-related research. Apart from Filipino and English, she is fluent in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese, and has some basic knowledge of Italian and Dutch. While she does a lot of reading and analysis for a living, she would still like to have more time to read her books on sustainability, minimalism, and foreign language acquisition. On sunny weekends, she enjoys going out for long walks around Frankfurt's Green Belt ("Grüngürtel") area, hiking in and around the Taunus, and discovering castle ruins nearby. She lives in Frankfurt am Main with her husband, daughter and their growing collection of indoor plants.

Berjer B. Capati is an audiovisual director, editor, screenwriter, illustrator and playwright. He has lived in Barcelona for four years and has a degree in Humanities with higher studies in Audiovisual Communication. Tagó: Filipinos in Barcelona is his first professional job in the world of theater. "A Violent Act of Love" is his fourth short film after "Famelicus" (2013), "Vulneris" (2015) and "Reunae" (2016).

Tricia Morente is a journalist and editorial consultant. She has worked for different publications in SouthEast Asia including Manila Bulletin, Seafarer Asia, and F&B Report, among others. Tricia is sole proprietor of www.jetsetjourno.com, where she writes about travel and the occasional epiphany. She is currently based in Madrid.