International award -winning citizen’s journalist and a woman activist leader, Hope is a staunch advocate leader of social justice issues especially on grassroots women and environment here in the Philippines. Engaging passionate and speaking fearlessly for social change and people’s aspirations for a humane society is her undying commitment. Since last year, she is engaged in helping the Typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan survivors in her community Estancia, one of the worst hit fishing communities in Northern Iloilo. She founded Voices of Hope, a collective of local survivors trained as citizen’s journalist in giving voices to the survivors victimized both by the deadly typhoon and government negligence.