After years of persistence and focus, geologist Francine Beatriz Prades is finally homeโbringing with her not just memories from the United States, but new ideas to help communities in the Philippines thrive. Her journey through the J-1 Exchange Visitor Program reflects a growing push by the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) to turn temporary study and training abroad into lasting gains for the nation.
As secretariat to the program, the CFO is strengthening reintegration efforts so returning Filipinos like Prades can apply what theyโve learned where it matters mostโat the grassroots level.
A fellow of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI), she shifted from environmental research to civic engagement to better understand how science connects with societyโproving that global exposure can spark local impact.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ด ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด (๐๐๐) ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ.
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