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About
From working with various stakeholders promoting youth policy to life coaching and project management; Benita’s passion, skills, and education have allowed her to contribute in many areas and enrich lives, especially youth. Benita’s initial academic background is in Biology, with degrees at Cornell University and Boston University and she is formally trained in education, coaching…
Diversity and Inclusion
Benita wears many hats, she works full-time as the Community Outreach Director at the Commission on Youth’s Chairman’s Youth Office to engage with different stakeholders. During her spare time, she is as an award-winning LGBT Walking Tour Tour Guide and gives various talks and workshops on gender equality, gender diversity, feminism and D&I, etc. She…
Diving
Benita got her NAUI Dive Instructor license at age 18 and went on to study undergrad in biology at Cornell University, during which she spent a year at the world-renowned marine biology institute, James Cook University. She subsequently pursued her Masters at Boston University in genetic research on sea cucumbers in Indonesia. She is also…
