Ana is a multi-media journalist with over 10 years of experience reporting domestically and internationally on gender issues related to sexual reproductive health, HIV, and sexual violence. As the Pulitzer Center 2014 Persephone Miel Fellow and grantee, she has reported on labor migration in Europe and the Middle East.

Columnist, Rappler

Ana writes a bi-monthly column on gender issues highlighting the  restrictive sexual reproductive health policies that are premised on religion rather than public health. It is one of the few columns in the country that focuses on this issue.

Correspondent, DW Germany

Ana writes, films, produces and edits TV news features on a broad range of topics about the Philippines that include public health, labor, natural disasters and armed conflict.

Contributing writer: The Atlantic and The Los Angeles Times

Ana has reported on and written longform news features on the divorce ban in the Philippines, South China Sea, the Duterte Administration’s War on Drugs, and the Islamic State’s siege of Marawi, Southern Philippines.

Additional news outlets: Public Radio International (PRI), World Politics Review, VOX News, The Washington Post.

She writes investigative long form stories for Rappler and produces TV news features for DW Germany covering the most important news in the Philippines and other parts of Southeast Asia. Her feature stories have also been published in the Los Angeles Times and The Atlantic.

Prior to becoming a journalist, Ana worked in Marketing Communications in the financial services industry and advertising. Her last post was Assistant Vice President. Ana is based in Manila, Philippines.