I wrote an undergraduate thesis circling on the 1990 and 2021 military coup of Myanmar and its sociopolitical effects on democratization.

I also joined Model United Nations and Model ASEAN Meetings where I separately won awards as a delegate and participated as a member of the board of dais and the organizing committee.

I also held leadership positions in TomasinoWeb, the university's premier digital media organization. I have written 40+ stories, launched 4 websites, and won 2 Philippine Student Quill Awards.

An incoming non-profit non-governmental project advocating for maritime law and security education, and policy coordination.

Currently co-spearheading the education caravan that tackles the law of the sea, among the many topics discussed in the field.

I was a local assistant for the Manila Embassy's Press, Information, Culture, and Education Wing.

The Wing handles all matters related to its namesake including engagements and partnerships with organizations and events.

Likewise, I have nurtured connections for the said Embassy and developed a directory for people and businesses related to the function of the Wing.

Oversaw the activities, operations, and outputs of the web technologies department of the organization.

I co-founded Draft 143 and Lamona, both websites that emphasize culture, stories, and everything that encompass around the concept of the projects.

Furthermore, I spearheaded the rebuild of the organization's main website.

Oversaw the activities and operations of the executive, publication, and web technologies sides of the organization.

Under my term, the organization garnered more than 18,000 followers across its social media platforms while gaining wider recognition and bagging a handful of Philippine Student Quill Awards.

Oversaw the activities and operations of the publication side of the organization.

Co-founded an award-winning special coverage which garnered two major awards, an Excellence Award and Top Award of Covid Comms Nominee, from IABC Philippines.

Served as an assistant to the head instructors and professors who taught the English language to Japanese students from Waseda University, Yokohoma National University, and Hijiyama University.

Together with the members of the Web Technologies (Y15) department of TomasinoWeb, we rebuilt the main website of the organization.

The project involved building everything from scratch, specifically design and code itself. In its totality, the project amassed to around 250+ frames and 19.2K lines of code.

I managed the product together with my project leads. I also headed research and design for the website rebuild.

Lamona is a food and drink directory for Thomasians, by Thomasians.

I managed the project and developed the concept, brand, and product with the project's developers and designers. Moreover, I spearheaded the project's research and fieldwork pre-launch and post-launch.

Draft 143 is a compilation of stories about love and friendship told through our version of receipts and tickets.

I did the copywriting, terms of submission, project management, documentation, and the conceptualization of the said project.

I designed the recruitment website of the premier digital media organization of the University of Santo Tomas this year hehehe (●'◡'●)

A chapbook written in a span of two years that tells stories of yearning, distance, and the city streets. baskerville was once sold in Komiket back in 2019.

(Almost) all of the music I love in one big messy Notion page.

It was at this point of the semester again when college was getting quite too tiring. Coincidentally, my colleague from the Mapua Model United Nations Committee invited me to talk about academic burnout, at a high time when my sleeping schedule was WHACK.

Here, I talked about coping with academic burnout and my coping mechanisms that helps me to write a sentence in graveyard shift hours.

I talked about the experiences of being in a campus publication in this political climate. This was also my first time to openly and boldly talk about campus press freedom.

While I do talk about storytelling quite a lot, I also did something in this talk that I do not do anywhere else—talking about my secret newsletter. Perhaps this is the only time you’ll catch me talking about it.

If writer’s block was a person, it’s probably the one I’d have the longest relationship with so far. In the past couple of years, writer’s block was an acquaintance of mine that I constantly fought with. It brought me headaches and emptiness, to which, I had to find ways how to get away from it to write again.

"If we want to experience growth and development from the University, we, all together, have to get into the nitty-gritty of the rust and the grimes of our system–the ones that repeatedly haunts generations of Thomasians."

A lyrical essay about the 21st year of existence.

“It seemed like there was nothing left to lose; that this week-long suspension is a gain for our wellbeing. A month later, it revealed itself as a black sheep in disguise.”

NOTE: “A lighter shade” won a Philippine Student Quill Award in the 9th iteration of IABC Philippines’s annual awards.

“In the face of the pandemic, countless things have changed–from our daily lives, education, and perhaps even down to our perception of competence, commitment, and compassion.”

“The country was promised better tomorrows equipped with progress and hope. However, it seems like the people could only cling on an image of a better government for now, of a better Philippines.”

For TomasinoWeb's special coverage titled "#TheBayanihanCoverage: A Special Coverage on the Covid-19 Crisis".

The said special coverage was spearheaded by me, Jose Rafael Ballecer, Christine Annmarie Tapawan, Rabin Bote, and Patricia Jardin.

“It seemed like there was nothing left to lose; that this week-long suspension is a gain for our wellbeing. A month later, it revealed itself as a black sheep in disguise.”

NOTE: “A lighter shade” won a Philippine Student Quill Award in the 9th iteration of IABC Philippines’s annual awards.

Awarded as the top performing delegate in the international conference's debates which talked about drug trafficking and regional security.

Awarded as the top performing delegate in the annual conference's United Nations Security Council committee.

Awarded as the top performing delegate in the annual conference's United Nations Economic and Social Council committee.

Awarded as the top performing delegate in the annual conference's United Nations Economic and Social Council committee.

Awarded as the second top-performing delegate in the annual conference's United Nations Human Rights Council committee.

Awarded as the top performing delegate in the annual conference's United Nations Development Programme committee.

“What brings you to create, and who do you create for? In Developh’s first Creator Spotlight, we’re hearing from Brin Isaac: a student at University of Santo Tomas, the Executive Editor at TomasinoWeb (the premier digital media organization of UST), and an editor at Technology.ph.” – podcast description written by Developh

In November 2019, Tiger Radio, the official e-radio station of the University of Santo Tomas, interviewed as the former Blogs Editor of TomasinoWeb where we wrote many articles about politics, pop culture, music, and the likes.

Press freedom is one of the advocacies I hold dearest to my heart. Listen to what my fellow campus journalists and I have to say about it. (Spoiler alert: I only popped up twice!)

Hosting and moderating events related to art and technology. Currently engaging in community by bringing fruitful and productive discussions related to art, social impact, and technology.

Assisted the activities, sessions, and operations of the United Security Council to the annual Model United Nations of the University of Santo Tomas.

Led high-level discussions and deliberated papers related to the 2022 conference's theme, dynamic global diplomacy.

Provided voice overs for the University communication bureau radio’s news show, TR Thomasian Viewpoint with an audience of more than 100 listeners per show.

Assisted the activities, sessions, and operations of the United Nations Economic and Social Council to the annual Model United Nations of the University of Santo Tomas.

Led high-level discussions and deliberated papers related to the 2022 conference's theme, global health.

I did not get my artworks back :-(