She earned her PhD in social anthropology from Cambridge University, UK. Her research interests focus on the anthropology of fishing and on media anthropology (more specifically digital piracy and the circulation of “scandals”). She teaches courses in economic anthropology, ecological anthropology, and museology. She has published extensively on the fishing culture of Batanes province, Philippines. She is currently editor of AghamTao, the journal of Ugnayang Pang-AghamTao (Anthropological Association of the Philippines).