Alexis Nouelle Joson

Alexis Nouelle Joson received a bachelor's degree in development studies (De La Salle University, Manilla) and a master's degree in educational sciences (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). She started her career for a local political consultancy firm in the Philippines and at the Office of the President of the Philippines, focusing on research and communications. Her first full-time work was for an international development consultancy as a development data analyst. Wanting to put focus on her work in international development, she discovered education by working in primary schools in K-5 in China, Thailand, and Myanmar. Feeling the passion and commitment to continue empowering young people, her master’s studies internship introduced her to STEM higher education and the field of EdTech start-ups in Amsterdam, discovering her doctoral thesis topic, “place-based education”. She holds a PhD from the Department of Educational Sciences at the VUB, entitled "When People Belong, They Invest: An Exploratory Study of the Benefits of Place-Based Education in K–12 for Both Learners and Their Communities".