Teaching Staff

Teacher Erika is a licensed professional teacher with extensive experience in early childhood education since 2015. Her teaching experience spans from infants as young as 3 months old to preschoolers up to 5 years old. Since 2023, she has been a full-time faculty member at the Department of Family Life and Child Development. Passionate about creating engaging and developmentally appropriate learning experiences, Teacher Erika has developed materials for teaching the Filipino language and recently contributed to a project focused on Science and Mathematics manipulatives for children 3 to 8 years of age. She currently serves as the adviser for the Department-affiliated student organization, FLCD Circle.

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Family Life and Child Development, University of the Philippines Diliman (June 2012 to June 2015)

• Master of Family Life and Child Development, University of the Philippines Diliman (January 2024 - Present)

Research Interests 

• Language and early literacy development

• Learning and teaching materials

• Infant and toddler development

• Family engagement, early childhood care and development (ECCD) programs

• Mother tongue-based multilingual education

Courses Taught