Anabelle is a Philippine-born community-engaged qualitative researcher in social work based in what is now referred to as Canada.

The focus of her research is on the unpaid data work of solo mothers on social assistance, the datafied welfare state, the politics of artificial intelligence, social policy, and diaspora activisms.

From a farming town upbringing in the Philippines, she then forged a career in international and community development, nonprofit governance, teaching, and program evaluation. Her work brought her to live in global cities including Manila, Bonn, Cairo, Jakarta, and Perth. In Canada, she has continued her career in program development and evaluation for the settlement (migration and refugee) sector.

Anabelle co-convened the Hamilton Asian Alliance and co-founded Filipinas of HamOnt, during which she developed the monthly Sadya: Filipino Conversation Circle hosted at the Hamilton Public Library.

She loves the changing of seasons in one of the coldest countries in the world, but returns often to warmth of the sun and the ocean.

Anabelle divides her time in Hamilton, Bandar Seri Begawan, and Manila.