Claire Pike Balubal

Biography:

Claire P. Balubal was born and raised in a poor neighborhood in Manila, Philippines on April 13, 1994. She graduated from St. Scholastica’s College, with a bachelor’s degree in Biology and proceeded to work as a Quality and Safety Inspector in Cebu Pacific Air , an established local airline. She’s been working for the airline for two frenetic, nonetheless, enjoyable years. Her graduate thesis was acknowledged among the scientific community due to its focus on the quantitative measurements of lead and cadmium in the street food sold along Taft Avenue, Manila. It exhibited the possible inclusion of heavy metals as a health risk in street foods, which can have insidious side effects, beside harmful microorganisms. Though she is a Biology major, the Filipino culture were more frightened of these microorganisms that she thought brining awareness to other detrimental factors is paramount. In her free time, Claire loves to pole dance and enjoys going out with friends. She plans to further her studies by taking Medicine and she also dreams of running her own pole dancing studio , Make up line and a Restaurant one day. She was grateful for growing up in a God-fearing family which she credits for her future and current success.