MNCHS - JHS Research Club

𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝐆𝐢𝐚𝐧!

Your Junior High School Research Club family wishes you a 𝘏𝘈𝘗𝘗𝘠 𝘉𝘐𝘙𝘛𝘏𝘋𝘈𝘠! 🎂🎉🎁 We wish that your special day is filled with 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒, 𝒿𝑜𝓎, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈! ❤️

As you celebrate another year of 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙩𝙝, we hope you can still 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 to be 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰, 𝗲𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲 others not only in the JHSRC, but also the world. 🌟

Again, we wish you a HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! May this day bring joy to you and all the people that are there to celebrate 𝙔𝙊𝙐! 🎊🥳🎈

𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙗𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙙𝙖𝙮 to the brilliant mind behind every 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, every 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, and every 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 story in our club — 𝐌𝐚'𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥! 🎉🥳

The 𝒥𝓊𝓃𝒾𝑜𝓇 𝐻𝒾𝑔𝒽 𝒮𝒸𝒽𝑜𝑜𝓁 𝑅𝑒𝓈𝑒𝒶𝓇𝒸𝒽 𝒞𝓁𝓊𝒷 is truly lucky to have a mentor like you. 🎊 Your 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 to shaping us into young researchers goes beyond advising. You 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 in our potential even when we doubt ourselves, and that means more than words can express. 🌟

To the JHSRC, you're not just an adviser. You are our 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫, our 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, and our greatest 𝔯𝔬𝔩𝔢 𝔪𝔬𝔡𝔢𝔩. 🫶

Today, we celebrate 𝐲𝐨𝐮. ✨ Thank you for every late-night 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, every patient 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, and every 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥, from 𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙗 𝙙𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 to our 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨. 🔍 We hope your birthday is as 𝓫𝓻𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 as you are, Ma'am! 🌸✨

𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦,
𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘊𝘭𝘶𝘣 2025 - 2026 💜

🖋️: Lindsay Margaret & Sean Emerson Briol
🖼️: Sean Emerson Briol

𝓘𝓽’𝓼 𝓫𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷 𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 👀
The 𝐉𝐇𝐒𝐑𝐂 is 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛ing into birthday season, celebrating the birth of their very own March babies— 𝐘𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐡, 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐱𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐳! 🎉🎂

𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 celebrants equals 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 times the 𝙟𝙤𝙮!
Though this greeting may come fashionably late, the 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 remains just as 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘦. 🫶✨

We are 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡 to celebrate another year of your lives as each of your presence makes our organization truly 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚. Every 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 you made and every 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 you accomplished does not go unnoticed for it is another 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 of your 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 and 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 as diligent members of our club. 🫂💜

May the rest of your year be filled with 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, and 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 ahead. Wishing you nothing but happiness and more memorable adventures to come. 🙌

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆! 🥳🌟

🖼️: JHSRC Creatives Committee - KZ Laurene Palomo
🖊️: JHSRC Secretary - Summer Narboneta

“𝒞𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝒷𝑒𝑔𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓈 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝑔𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝓈𝓊𝒸𝒸𝑒𝓈𝓈.” — 𝐻𝑒𝓃𝓇𝓎 𝐹𝑜𝓇𝒹

The 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 celebrates this new milestone with heartfelt gratitude and excitement after being recognized as one of the 𝙊𝙪𝙩𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙊𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙉𝘾𝙃𝙎. 🏆✨

Through the 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸, and 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 of every member, our organization was able to reach this achievement all thanks to their collective efforts. From our 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬 who showed 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 and 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, to our 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 who gave their 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 and 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 without hesitation, their contributions were the stepping stones that shaped this success into something truly meaningful. 🌟🙌

May this 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 inspire future leaders to continuously 𝙖𝙞𝙢 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 one another, and 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙛𝙪𝙡 contributions to our school and community. 💡📚

𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐠𝐨, 𝐉𝐇𝐒𝐑𝐂— 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞! 🚀

🖼️: JHSRC Creatives Committee - Lanz Darwin Dimen
🖊️: JHSRC Secretary - Summer Narboneta

📚 Introducing 𝐄-𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐓𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐧!

No more struggling to find 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨! 🎉 𝙼𝙽𝙲𝙷𝚂 𝙹𝙷𝚂 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝙲𝚕𝚞𝚋 is launching a 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 of past research abstracts — 𝔪𝔞𝔡𝔢 𝔟𝔶 𝔰𝔱𝔲𝔡𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔰, 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔰𝔱𝔲𝔡𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔰.

Find 𝓇𝑒𝓁𝑒𝓋𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝒹𝒾𝑒𝓈, strengthen your ʀʀʟ, and build 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝. 💡

🔗 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1P1BVwlfWt4j5uFKIdbtgj4ufQr3kfCO3?usp=sharing

𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 🔬✨

E-Research Tambakan - Google Drive

———— ᴡᴏʀᴅ ᴏꜰ ɢᴏᴅ ————

She was never waiting for the world to believe in her.
She already did.

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. — Proverbs 31:25

Strength and dignity are not handed out by the world, they are worn by women who chose to carry them, long before anyone noticed, and long before anyone said they could. If you look closely at the women around you, in your home, your community, and your workplace, you will see that they have always known that.

Behind every great discovery, there is curiosity.
Behind every great scientist, there is sometimes — 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵.

Dr. Herdeline "Digs" Ardoña did not follow anyone to the top. She built her own path from the halls of UP Diliman, through a PhD at Johns Hopkins, a postdoc at Harvard, and straight into the frontlines of one of science's most exciting frontiers: engineering materials that can talk to the human heart.

Her work on bioelectronic materials, substances that can interface directly with living heart and nerve tissue, is the kind of research that sounds like science fiction until it saves your life.
And standing right beside her?

Dr. Maxx Arguilla, her husband, her fellow UP alumnus, and one of the most decorated young chemists in the world today. In 2025, he received the National Fresenius Award from the American Chemical Society, one of chemistry's most historic and prestigious honors. While she talks to heartbeats, he works at the edge of the invisible, engineering quantum materials so small they operate at the boundary of physics itself.

Together, they co-authored research published in Science Advances, merging their worlds into a single breakthrough that could reshape neural electrodes, cardiac devices, and even solar cells.

Two kids from UP Diliman.
Now two professors at UC Irvine.
𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 — 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.
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𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏'𝒔 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉, 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒔, 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏'𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆.

Some people 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳.
𝓢𝓱𝓮 looked up — and rewrote what we know about the ​𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦.

At 𝟐𝟔, while most of us were still figuring out our place in the world, 𝘿𝙧. 𝙍𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 was at 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘯, leading a team that confirmed 𝐄𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧'𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 across galaxies 3.5 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺. The kind of 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔠𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶 that gets written into textbooks. The kind that makes the whole scientific world ꜱᴛᴏᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴀʏ ᴀᴛᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ.
But here's what makes her story 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 from the rest —

𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠.

Not because she had to. Because 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨. She brought world-class science home — 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘴, 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯, 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 that had never seen themselves in a scientist before. She built 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳𝗢𝗽𝘀.𝗣𝗵 to help disaster response reach Filipinos faster. She walked into the 𝙋𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝘼𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 and 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙. She sat in front of a camera for "𝕾𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝕾𝖆𝖞𝖘" so that a child in the province could point at the screen and think — 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒷𝑒 𝓂𝑒.
And when the world forgot that 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝, she built 𝙿𝚒𝚗𝚘𝚢 𝚂𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜 and said three words that should never have needed to be said:

"𝓨𝓮𝓼. 𝓦𝓮. 𝓔𝔁𝓲𝓼𝓽."
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𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏'𝒔 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉, 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔 — 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆.

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𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐁𝐒 𝟑:𝟓-𝟔📖
"𝚃𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐; 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚖𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝙷𝚒𝚖, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝."

Sometimes, we carry the weight of 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚢, trying to figure everything out on 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣. But this gently calls us back to a 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫. It is 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 to let go of control but an 𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙝. When we 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝 God over our own perspective, we open ourselves to His 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎.

Whatever condition you are in—whether you are filled with 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 or troubled by 𝚍𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚝, remember that 𝓖𝓸𝓭'𝓼 𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓭 is always leading you toward something 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘧𝘶𝘭.

Every 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝, we 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯. But some women don't wait for a month to remind the world they exist — their work does it for them, year-round, quietly and powerfully.

𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.

While water scarcity and flooding continue to threaten millions of Filipino lives, she asked a question most hadn't thought to ask: 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘈𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘴?

As an environmental engineer at the University of the Philippines, she merged 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 with environmental science to develop smarter, more responsive water management systems — the kind of innovation that doesn't just sit in a journal but has the potential to reach the communities that need it most.

In 2025, her work earned her an 𝙃𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙈𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 at the 𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗡-𝗨.𝗦. 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 — one of the most prestigious science honors for women in Southeast Asia, recognized in partnership with ASEAN, Google, and the US-ASEAN Business Council. Not because she sought the spotlight. Because the science was simply too important to ignore.

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𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏'𝒔 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉, 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒔 — 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔. 𝑫𝒓. 𝑳𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 — 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕.

"𝓔𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝔀𝓸𝓶𝓪𝓷 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓪 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰." 💜 👩🏻

In this 𝒲𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓃’𝓈 𝑀𝑜𝓃𝓉𝒽, we honor the incredible women who have shaped our world. 🌎👩‍🎨
𝑀𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓈, 𝒹𝒶𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈, 𝓈𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈, 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈, and 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓈. We celebrate not just their achievements, but their courage, resilience, and the countless battles they fight every day. 𝓢𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓸𝓻 𝓾𝓷𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓷, they deserve recognition and respect for the strength they carry and the lives they touch. Lets continue to uplift, and support all women, because when women rise, communities rise with them. Heres to breaking barriers, chasing dreams, and inspiring change for generations to come.
𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓼, 𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓼, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝓶𝓹𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓼. 💜✊🏻

🖋️: JHSRC Academics Committee - Lindsay Margaret
🖼️: JHSRC President - Sean Emerson Briol

While millions of Filipinos were picking up pieces after every typhoon, every flood, every drought — he was in the background, asking the top question: 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥?

As a climate scientist and science diplomat, Glenn Banaguas did not just publish papers, he built 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 and 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲 — a program designed to bring climate science into the hands of the 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗻, the 𝒇𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑩𝒊𝒄𝒐𝒍, and the 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗼 — people who face the worst climate change but are rarely part of the conversation about it.

In 2022, out of over 200 𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, he became the 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙁𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙤 to win the 𝐔𝐍 𝐒𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐰𝐚 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝟑𝟓-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. Not because he chased the award but because the work spoke for itself.

And then he flew to 𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚟𝚊𝚛𝚍. As the 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙁𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙤 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝘾𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙒𝙚𝙚𝙠, he carried with him the reality of a nation that has long been on the frontlines of a crisis it barely contributed to.
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𝑾𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅'𝒔 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒎.