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Hello. I was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and raised by my mother and sister. My mother, a nurse, immigrated to Canada from the Philippines in the mid-1970's. After my formative years I moved to Ithaca, NY for college and have moved to several cities for other education and training including Montreal, Boston, and Toronto. 

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I am based in Toronto. 

EDUCATION

Artium Baccalaureus (AB) 

Linguistics & College Scholar cum laude       

College of Arts & Sciences, Cornell University

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Doctor of Medicine (MD)

Faculty of Medicine

University of British Columbia

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Master of Science (MSc) in Bioethics                                         Department of Experimental Medicine

McGill University

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Master of Public Health (MPH)

Epidemiology                                    

Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University

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Master of Arts (MA)

Sociocultural Anthropology                               

Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto

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Master of Theological Studies (MTS)                                        Regis College

University of Toronto

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Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Documentary Film  

the Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University 

   

WRITING

MSc       

MPH

MA​

MTS

Invisible Persons, Invisible Patients: Determining the Ethics of Hormone-blocker therapy through an Understanding of the Transgender-Transsexual Adolescent-Physician relationship

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Health of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Street Youth in Toronto, Ontario   

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Gender economies, Gender Portfolios: The Effect of “Narrative” on the Economic Valuation of Transgender Identities, Bodies, and Presentation in the Medical Consultation Note

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Transgender Adolescents and the Catholic Church: Understanding through Human Nature, the Lynching Tree, and Intra-religious Dialogue

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