Andrea Castillo

A public health professional with extensive experience in field implementation, project management, stakeholder coordination, and research. Possesses strong multidisciplinary and collaboration skills, with demonstrated experience working with LGUs, local, regional, national, and international health stakeholders. Highly detail-oriented, organized, and analytical, with an affinity for community engagement, health policy, and children's health.

Passionate about the art and science of public health, with an eagerness to make an impact in the public health landscape.

Junior Trainer - Strategic Engagement for Enabling Development (SEED), Inc. - Quezon City, Philippines

(2026-06 - 2026-08)

• Managed deployment schedules across GIDA municipalities, ensuring that the Regional Supportive Supervision Teams (RSSTs) and concerned stakeholders are coordinated with the technical and logistical requirements of the Integrated Supportive Supervision and Mentoring (ISSM) for the Philippine Multisectoral Nutrition Project of the Department of Health.
• Organized and reviewed ISSM references and master sheets prior to field deployments, summarized them into a guide document that RSSTs used during discussion with the LGUs, and collated post-meeting materials such as attendance sheets, photo documentation, and slide decks.
• Provided technical input and coaching during the conduct of meetings following the ISSM methodology.
• Prepared documentation reports per municipality visited in accordance with UNICEF requirements.

Research Assistant - University of the Philippines Manila - Manila, Philippines

(2024-05 - 2025-08)

• Participated in the design, implementation, and analysis of quantitative baseline and qualitative descriptive studies of the school food environments and food choices of Grade 7 students in the City of Navotas.
• Engaged 600 Grade 7 students and teachers in the Healthy Food Choices Mapping Walk, an intervention designed to improve nutrition knowledge and support healthier food choices of students in the school setting.
• Facilitated and documented bi-weekly research team meetings; coordinated and led meetings with outside collaborators.
• Drafted weekly work plans and proposals, including management of contracted service providers and suppliers.
• Presented study findings and policy recommendations to key stakeholders: LGU of Navotas, DepEd Schools Division Office of Navotas and participated in an intensive writeshop with the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED).

Intern - Department of Health - Center for Health Development IV-A - Quezon City, Philippines

(2023-04 - 2023-05)

• Provided technical support for the initiatives of the Oral Health, Adolescent Health, National Immunization, Safe Motherhood, and Nutrition and Breastfeeding Programs of the Family Health Unit. Involves meeting documentation, production of training materials, design of health promotion and education materials, basic inventory, budgeting, and accounting.
• Performed on-ground duties for the nationwide MR-OPV-SIA campaign in Laguna. Involved in case finding of unvaccinated individuals, data entry, vaccination information campaign, and M&E of cold storage and vaccination facilities.

Laboratory Intern - University of the Philippines - Philippine General Hospital - Manila, Philippines

(2022-12 - 2022-12)

• Collected and processed medical specimens from the different divisions of the inpatient, outpatient, blood donor center, and blood bank laboratories in PGH.
• Assisted medical laboratory scientists in their technical and administrative work including patient management, record-keeping, and dissemination of lab results.

Community Health Intern - Rural Health Unit - Naic, Cavite, Philippines

(2022-11 - 2022-11)

• Assisted the Adolescent Reproductive Health Program Manager in the data management of recorded adolescent pregnancies; designed and reproduced teenage reproductive health infographic materials.
• Established CoNAICted: Teen Health Kiosk, an online facebook page and automated chatbot to aid in the health education, information dissemination, and appointment setting of the Teen Health Kiosk.

Bachelor of Science - Public Health - College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila (2019-08 - 2025-01)

Special Science Diploma - Philippine Science High School – Main Campus (2013-06 - 2019-05)