Conference Co-Chairs

Dr. Maria B. Cequeña is an educator,  researcher,  author,  trainer, and  reviewer. She is a reviewer of some international journals, including  Scopus- indexed Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (JAAL), Heliyon and The Asia Pacific Education Research (TAPER).   As an educator, her passion for learning is evident in her educational attainment. She earned her Ph.D. in Education, major in Reading Education from UP Diliman, M.A. in Literature from Ateneo De Manila University, and BSE- English (cum laude) from Pasig Catholic College.

Before her stint as the Academic Department Development Head at Catholic Filipino Academy Homeschool, she had served as a lecturer, teaching English and research courses at De La Salle University, University of Santo Tomas, National University and Siena College Taytay.  While at De La Salle University, she was part of the DLSU team commissioned by ABS-CBN Knowledge Channel in doing research to assess the effectiveness of Knowledge Channel Shows on students’ academic achievement across disciplines.

As a leader, she held various administrative posts in different institutions: an Editorial Consultant of Trinitas Publishing, Inc. for almost seven years; a Preschool Coordinator of St. La Salle Preschool, DLSU Manila; and a Chairperson in the Education Department of Siena College Taytay (SCT) for 9 years;

 As a writer,   she co-authored High School English textbooks and  a collection of poems and creative nonfiction.  As a researcher, she has published a number of research articles  on ESL Writing, metacognition and reading comprehension in reputable journals.  She has also presented these research papers in international conferences in San Antonio, Texas (USA), Hawaii,  Rome,  Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

Dr. Cequeña also served as a DepEd consultant who co-authored DepEd Guidelines for textbook publishers in 2015 and a DepEd evaluator of supplementary materials in 2019.

Finally, she is a recipient of the following awards:  Overall Best Presentation in the 8th International Conference on Education 2022 (ICEDU 2022); Most Outstanding Reviewer awarded by The International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM)  in 2018; and Research Award given by The University Research Coordination Office (URCO), DLSU Manila in 2013.