Grace Aguiling-Dalisay is the Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy of University of the Philippines-Diliman. Prof. Aguiling-Dalisay has spent the past 35 years of her professional life in the joint worlds of the academia and civil society. Early in her career, alongside teaching and research duties at the University of the Philippines Diliman, Prof. Aguiling-Dalisay served as a volunteer psychologist for a national organization devoted to the rehabilitation of children in difficult political circumstances and armed conflict. She was Research Director for a television show on children’s development and was actively involved in youth-based service programs.