About

Dr. Valenzuela is a licensed public health practitioner and environmental health specialist at the ASMPH Center of Research and Innovation (ACRI). She was one of the principal writers for several of their research projects, creating risk communication plans, and conducting policy analyses and literature reviews on topics such as environmental health, solid waste management, and climate change, focused on bringing a gendered perspective to underserved environmental health issues in the Philippines. She also served as the Marketing Director and is currently a board member of One Million Lights PH, a multi-awarded, globally-recognized non-profit organization that provides solar energy to communities around the Philippines with little to no access to electricity. She coordinated and organized 10+ on-site distributions, providing 1000+ solar lights to several geographically isolated provinces, and built the organization’s digital presence and social media community from the ground up in less than one year. Dr. Valenzuela received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of the Philippines, graduating Magna Cum Laude. In 2021, she graduated as a Doctor of Medicine from the University of the East, Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center and completed her post-graduate internship at the East Avenue Medical Center the following year.