PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
PAEF – FULBRIGHT
Professional name: Hellene Piñero
Full name: Maria Hellene Grace D. Piñero
BRIEF BIO
Hellene earned her Bachelors and Masters at Silliman University in Dumaguete, the literary heritage city of the Philippines. She started teaching in 2011 at a local private high school in the city then decided to pursue graduate studies the year after. She is now an Assistant Professor at the English and Literature Department of Silliman University.
She was born in Southern Leyte, and grew up in the sugar cane province of Negros Oriental in the Visayas. When she is not overwhelmed with teaching loads in the university, she trains as a triathlete and hikes the mountain areas of Negros. She currently trains for a virtual long distance swimming race organized by Ocean 6, the swim team honored with the Environmental Heroes Award for Women Leaders in Environmental Conservation given by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF).
Hellene is the Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) in San Bruno, California.
EDUCATION
MASTER OF ARTS in ENGLISH with concetration in TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEACKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES
Silliman University, Dumaguete City
Thesis: An Analysis of the Academic Writing Needs of Foreign Graduate Students in Silliman University
Graduated: May 2016
BACHELOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION major in ENGLISH
Silliman University, Dumaguete City
Graduated: March 2011
Awards: Cum Laude
Academic Scholarship, Academic Years 2007-2011
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
| Position/Rank | Institution | Dates Inclusive |
| Assistant Professor |
English & Literature Department Silliman University |
Oct. 2019 Present |
| College Instructor |
English & Literature Department Silliman University Senior High School Silliman University |
June 2016 - Oct. 2019 June 2017 - Present |
| Secretariat |
Creative Writing Center Silliman University |
June 2018 - Present |
| Secretariat |
National Writers Workshop Silliman University |
May 2013 - Present |
RELEVANT TRAININGS ATTENDED
Active Participant, Speacial Trainig On Standard Operating Procedure by Philippine Health Research Ethics Board and Philippine Council for Health Research and
Development, July 2019
Active Participant, Basic Research Ethics Training conducted by Philippine Health Research Ethics Board and Philippine Council for Health Research and Development, July 2019
Active Participant. Outcomes-Based Education Seminar-Workshop of the New General Education (GE) Courses, December 2018
Committee Member, National TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Convention, Linguistics Society of the Philippines, 2016
OTHER INVOLVEMENT
Researcher and Writer, Handulantaw, Coffee Table Book, Silliman University Cultural Affairs Committee (now Culture and Arts Council), 2013
OTHER AREAS OF INTEREST
Tour Leader, Kapwa Travel, Philippinen Tour Company, 2019 – Present
Member,
Larga-Biya, Triathlete Dumaguete Team, 2018- Present
TriOne (2016 – 2018)