Dr. Blesshe L. Querijero is currently an Associate Professor 4 at the Animal Biology Division of the Institute of Biological Sciences, CAS-UPLB who teaches Zoology and Biology Courses. She has a Ph.D. in Fisheries (Aquaculture). Her advocacies are on sustainable nature-based solutions in aquaculture, community-based coastal resources management and HIV-AIDS information awareness campaign. She is a licensed Fisheries Technologies, She is also a certified gender specialist of the Philippine Commission on Women (Batch 1) with expertise in gender sensitivity training, gender analysis projects related to agriculture, aquatic and natural resources and in GAD Planning and Budgeting.