Jarrah Brillantes
Ms. Brillantes is a political science graduate of UP Visayas. She is also an alumna of Asia Resource Foundation and Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiate (YSEALI). Professionally, she takes the lead on several organizations. She is the co-founder of Saving Innocent Lives Amidst War (SILAW) Inc. She also seats as a Founding Board Member of Batiti Ground Inc. and as an Interim Chair of US Government program alumni association in Panay and Guimaras. She also volunteers to organizations such as Coding Girls, Wordpress Iloilo, Amnesty International and UN Major Group for Children and the Youth. She is a regular member of Philippine Political Science Association and Philippine Sociological Society.
Jarrah is now leading Conflict Resolution Clinic (CRC), an educational camp for young emerging leaders in the Philippines. CRC is a simulated negotiation where participants will represent respective country states and promote national interest and sovereignty. She is also managing SILAW's response to a new normal for education in geographically isolated disadvantaged areas. In her free time, she preoccupies herself in writing thoughts on her personal blog womaninparalleluniverse.wordpress.com.
She aspires to be a community influencer in her advocacies, especially on promoting the welfare of children in conflict areas and living peacefully and sustainably. She created brands such as The Academy by Educate Simplify, Made In IP and TrailX.