PhMARILYN L. NGALES

Experienced education leader equipped for role sought. Proven track record in academic administration, strategic planning, and policy implementation. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results, with adaptability to changing needs. Skills in leadership, budget management, curriculum development, and conflict resolution. Reliable and highly driven to foster environment of excellence and growth.

• Technical Panel (National) on Indigenous Studies & Peace Education of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), 2024-12-09 to present
• United Nations -Food and Agriculture (UN-FAO) Global Hub on Indigenous Peoples Food Systems, 2024-present
• Technical Working Group (TWG) member, ABS Project, Biodiversity Management Bureau, GEF-UNDP-DENR, Philippines, 2024
• International Society of Hunter Gatherers Research (ISHGR), 2022-2025
• Technical Working Group (TWG) member, Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Philippines, 2020-Present
• National Coalition on Indigenous Peoples Higher Education (NiCHE), 2018-2019; Reappointed member of the Executive Board Committee 2022- Present
• Hunter-Gatherer Research and Education Advocacy, Arctic University of Tromso, Norway, 2020-present
• International Society of Hunter-Gatherer Research, Penang, Malaysia, 2018-present
• International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), 2017-present
• Global Centre for Indigenous Leadership, Massey University, New Zealand, 2016-2017
• LEAD Community of Practice based in Thailand, 2013-present

• Member, Technical Panel (National) on Indigenous Studies & Peace Education of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), 2024-12-09
• Team Leader, LearnLegacy Indigenous Knowledge Hub (IKH): Articulating Indigenous Voices in Academic Spaces, 2024-11-16
• Resource Speaker, Supporting Intercultural Knowledge for Stimulating Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems, 2025-07-03
• Plenary Speaker, Cultural practices as integral components of Southeast Asian Indigenous Peoples’ livelihood and lifeways, 2025-06-11
• Guest Speaker, The Living Heritage Student Congress, FEU Institute of Arts and Sciences, 2025-05-03
• Resource Person, Collaborative Initiatives on Research and Extension: The LPU Experience, 2024-11-27
• Resource Person, Learning from the Forest (Philippines) –(a Ted Talk presentation), 2024-10-14
• Guest Author, AGTA Book of Stories produced by the University of Zurich, 2024-06-12
• Conference Chair, 5th International Conversations on Hunter Gatherers in the Philippines, 2024-06-10
• Research Presenter, Disaster Storytelling and Folk Memories: Indigenous Women’s Emotional Recovery to Climate Upheavals in Northern Philippines, 2024-06-06
• Resource Person, FGD on Implementing the National Framework on Access and Benefit Sharing on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge ABS Project, 2024-05-28
• Resource Speaker, Colloquium on Indigenous Peoples’ Research and Community Extension, 2024-05-10
• Resource Person, Department of Tourism Strategic Planning Finalization of their Cultural Tourism Framework, 2024-01-22
• Resource Speaker, The 2023 Leaders in Indigenous Education and Advocacy (LiEAP), 2023-11-30
• Resource Person, The importance of storytelling in the preservation of knowledge systems of Indigenous hunter-gatherers Webinar sponsored by UN FAO, 2022-10-14
• Appointment, Board member of the International Society of Hunter Gatherers Research (ISHGR), 2022-09-10
• Resource Person, Humanity in trouble but hopeful: The case of Hunter Gatherer Education in the Philippines, 2022-09-01
• Guest Speaker, Wikang Pambansa hindi dapat mawala, edukasyon ang kailangan, 2022-08-01
• Resource Person, Milestone on the Integration of IP Studies/Education in Higher Education, CHED, 2022-04-01
• Resource Person, Katutubo sa krisis ng Covid 19: Mga kwento ng ayuda at bayanihan sa gitna ng pandemya, 2021-11-10
• Resource Person, Privileging Indigenous Voices in Reframing an Indigenous Educators' Agenda, 2021-11-10
• Resource Person, Inclusivity in Indigenous Peoples’ Education: A step towards Decolonization, 2021-10-29
• Resource Person, Advancing Indigenous Peoples Education: The LPU Experience, 2021-10-21
• Resource Person, Collaborative Initiatives in the Continuing Pursuit of Indigenous Peoples Education, 2021-10-05
• Resource Person, Advancing Indigenous Peoples Education: The LPU Experience, 2021-06-16
• Resource Person, Hunter-gatherer in the Philippines: Worldviews and Adaptations, 2021-03-09
• Resource Person, Bridging Cultural Gaps through Technology, 2020-11-10
• Resource Person, Symbols and Meanings in Indigenous Myths, 2020-10-26
• Resource Person, Advancing Indigenous Studies/Education: The LPU Experience, 2020-07-30
• Facilitator, ZEP PIP POP Annual Congress and Sustainability Fair, 2019-12-02
• Conference Chair, 6th National Conference: Privileging Indigenous Peoples Voices, 2019-10-21
• Resource Person, First Aurora Tribal Leaders’ Summit, 2019-10-18
• Resource Person, International Conference on Indigeneity and Education, 2019-09-26
• Resource Person, Hunter-Gatherer Education –Directions for Research and Advocacy, 2019-09-24
• Resource Person, Advancing Indigenous Peoples Education on Indigenous Peoples Education Conference, 2019-08-28
• Resource Person, Collaborative Initiatives in Making Education Accessible and Equitable, 2019-05-04
• Resource Person, Multilingualism and IKSP Integration: Gain and Gaps, 2019-05-23
• Resource Person, The Implementation of Indigenous Peoples’ Education in the Bicol Region, 2019-02-02
• Resource Person, Indigenous Peoples Education in the Philippines, 2018-12-06
• Co-Chair, 3rd National Conference: Indigenous Cultural Communities and Higher Education, 2018-09-05
• Resource Person, Community of Practice (CoP) event with the theme Strengthening Cultural Identities in a Multilingual Context, 2018-07-31
• Trainer/Facilitator, Midyear Assessment on the Implementation of NCIP Education Assistance Program, 2017-07-17
• Resource Person, Community of Practice (CoP) event with the theme Indigenous Peoples Communities and the Sustainable Development Goals, 2017-06-13
• Resource Person, 8th Investment in People (IIP) Concourse, 2017-03-01
• Resource Person, Cultural Sensitivity on Visual Productions, 2016-11-27
• Presenter, Collaborative Initiatives in Making Education Accessible and Equitable, 2016-11-23
• Presenter, Locating oneself in the intersections and connectedness of indigeneity, 2016-11-15
• Resource Person, In-Service Training (INSET) on Indigenous Education, 2016-10-28
• Discussant, Hunter-Gatherer Resilience and Well-Being in a Globalised World, 2016-09-24
• Resource Person, Seminar- Workshop on Cultural Sensitivity towards Cultural Competence, 2016-09-18
• Resource Person, Midyear Assessment on the Implementation of NCIP Educational Assistance Program, 2016-08-14
• Resource Person, Conversations on Indigenous Peoples and Social Inclusion, 2016-06-22
• Facilitator, Education Language and Community of Practice (CoP), 2015-09-14
• Facilitator, Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) and Understanding IP Rights, 2014-11-16
• Facilitator, Healthy Hunters Workshop, 2014-10-11
• Facilitator, Funding Workshop during the Funding Language, Education and Development Seminar-Workshop, 2014-03-25
• Trainer/ Facilitator, Capacity Building for IP women: Trainers’ Training on Peace and Development, 2013-05-06

• Consultant, Endline Evaluation of Project INCREASE: Disaster Risk Reduction, Resilient Livelihood and Climate Change, 2021-11-01 to 2022-03-01
• Resource Person, CHED TWG on Indigenous Peoples' Education, 2020-01-01 to present
• Team Member, Independent External Evaluation: Moving Urban Poor Communities in the Philippines (Move Up 3), 2020-09-30 to 2021-01-01
• Team Leader, Culturally Adaptive Basic Education and Health Integrating Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices (CABEH- IIKSP), 2014-12-01 to 2018-05-01
• Team Leader, Indigenous Peoples’ Education Project (PUGAHAN) in Region III Philippines, 2012-01-01 to 2014-12-01
• Team Leader, Tribal Ancestral Zone Conserved Area Management Plan (TAZCAMP) Formulation for Batak Community, 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01
• Team Leader, Gender-Based and Violence Mapping in Typhoon Yolanda affected Areas in Region VII, Philippines, 2014-06-12 to 2014-06-29
• Team Member, Indigenous Women’s Peace Initiatives in the Philippines, 2006-02-01 to 2007-02-01
• Team Leader, Girls’ Education Initiative for the Benishangul Gumuz Region Schools BGRS, Ethiopia, 2005-06-01 to 2005-08-01
• Team Leader, Qualitative Research on Sanitary Provisions of Benishangul- Gumuz Region Schools, Ethiopia, 2005-03-23 to 2005-05-23

• Certificate of Recognition for Indigenous Peoples Advocacy, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, 2020-10-30
• Leader of the Year Award for Excellence in Social Responsibility, Investors in People (IIP) Awards, 2018-01-01
• Nominee. Ten Outstanding Filipino (TOFIL) Awards, JCI Senate in collaboration with ANSA Foundation, 2018-01-01
• Certificate of Appreciation for Indigenous Peoples’ Education Initiative, Municipality of General Nakar, Quezon, 2018-04-04
• One of the Twelve Nominees, The Many Faces of the Teacher, Bato Balani Foundation, 2015-01-01

• Sustainable education should include Indigenous knowledge, Hays, Dounias, Ninkova, & The Research & Advocacy Group for Hunter-Gatherer Education, 2025-01-01, Nature Human Behavior
• Final External Endline Evaluation for Philippines: Increasing the Resilience to Natural Hazards, Ngales, M., Astete, L., Follosco, H., Facullo, F., & Hermosa, A., 2021-01-01, CARE Philippines and Skala Initiative
• Moving Urban Poor Communities in the Philippines Toward Resilience (MOVE UP 3) Independent Final Evaluation Report, Manuta, J., Ngales, M., Tomas, R., Otadoy, J. Astete, L., 2020-01-01, CARE Philippines and funded by European Union Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid
• Hunter-gatherer multilevel sociality accelerates cumulative cultural evolution, Migliano, A., Battiston, F., Viguier, S., Page, A., Dyble, M., Schlaepfer, R., Smith, D., Astete, L., Ngales, M., et.al., 2020-01-01, Science Advances
• Cooperation and the evolution of hunter-gatherer storytelling, Ngales, M. with Migliano, A. et.al., 2017-01-01, Nature Communications
• Has education leveled the playing field? The case of the hunter-gatherer in the Philippines, Nagles, M., 2019-01-01, Good Practices in IP Education in HEIs: Curriculum and Instruction
• Culturally Adaptive Basic Education and Health Integrating Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices (CABEH- IKSP), Ngales, M. & Astete, L., 2015-01-01, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), Philippines
• Collaborative Initiatives in Making Education Accessible and Equitable: The Cases of the Agta, Batak and Dumagat Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines, Ngales, M., 2016-01-01, Philippine Social Science Review
• Locating oneself in the intersections and connectedness of indigeneity towards constructing an indigenous research paradigm, Ngales, M., 2016-01-01, LPU Research Journal
• Batak Tribal Ancestral Zone Conserved Area Management Plan: Formulation and Ecanization for Sustainable Development, Ngales, M. & Astete, L., 2015-01-01, Final Report submitted to the Philippine Council for Sustainable Development
• Gender-Based and Violence Mapping in Typhoon Yolanda affected Areas in Region VII, Philippines, Ngales, M. & Astete, L., 2014-01-01, Plan Philippines
• Indigenous Women: Peace & Development Leadership Capacities, Ngales, M., Astete, L., & Delerio, R., 2013-01-01, Final Report submitted to the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples Philippines
• The JEEP Graduate Tracer Study, Zosa, A., Zosa, V., Estanda, M., & Ngales, M., 2012-01-01, Final Report submitted to the United States Agency for International Aid
• Dumagat Folk Narratives: Expressions of Cultural Identity, Ambida, S., Ramos, A. & Ngales, M., 2012-01-01, LPU Research Journal
• Dumagat Women’s Narratives on Climate Change adaptation, Astete, L., Ponce, A., & Ngales, M., 2012-01-01, LPU Research Journal