14 AUG 2021 ~ In Conference No. 4, Abigael shares the rewarding and challenging processes of excavating fossils from Lian, Batangas as a UP Diliman Nannoworks Laboratory research project. An offshoot of her echinoderm studies, the fragile and valuable nautilids made its way to public consciousness via the National Museum of the Philippines’s Geology and Paleontology division.
This livestreamed event was hosted on and livestreamed from Eternal Conferences' Twitch channel! Moderated by artist and educator Alfred Marasigan. Sign Language Interpretation by Jerwin Darag.
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About Conference No. 4's Abigael Castro
I am a Museum Researcher at the National Museum of the Philippines under its Geology and Paleontology Division since 2009. My usual day at work alternates between collections management and laboratory works. Pre-COVID19, I was also doing guided tours for our museum viewers and field works around the country.
I finished my bachelor’s degree in Biology at the Baguio campus of the University of the Philippines. Currently, trying to finish my master’s thesis at the National Institute of Geological Sciences in UP Diliman.
On my spare time, I enjoy binge watching tv series and movies, reading mindless Wattpad stories and, back when times were much nicer, travelling.
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Jerwin Darag is a Corporate Researcher Analyst, and they do a lot of research regarding different people and companies online. He has previously worked in the LGU of Makati under Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, Administrative Section.
He finished his Bachelor's degree in Office Administration at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. He has also studied sign language in the Philippine Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc (PRID) in Pasay City. But even before that, he has already been actively involved in teaching the deaf about the Bible since way back 2008. Actually, even during the pandemic and now, we are reaching people who are deaf via virtual meeting or Zoom.
