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Chareena Lareza Quirante graduated cum laude with a degree in BA English Studies major in Language from the University of the Philippines-Diliman in 2010. Migrating to Canada's capital, she was then licensed to teach English under the Teachers of English as a Second/Foreign Language (TESFL) program in Algonquin College, where she also graduated with honours.

After taking an interest in Indigenous language research, she completed an MA in Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies at Carleton University, where her Master's thesis passed with Distinction, as well as a PhD in Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies in the same institution, where she was nominated for a Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement.

She has taught multiple skills in various levels of language classes among international students, diplomats, and immigrants at the Algonquin College Language Institute, as well as at the University of Ottawa's Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute. She has also worked as a technologist at the Algonquin College Multimedia Language Centre and as part of Carleton University's Teaching and Learning Services Team. Her research includes improving the writing practices of second language learners, mother-tongue based education, and until recently, preserving heritage languages in the context of migration. In the future, she hopes to fully transition from being receptive to being an active speaker of the Yogad language.

On other days, Chareena is an active youth leader, newbie co-podcaster for ANUNA with Benj and Cha, and striving poet on her creative blog, what to do with daylight. 

Citations in Other Works

1. Merino, P. M. B. S., & Metila, R. A. (2024). Localizing for learning: A designed teacher training program and its developed localized materials for mother tongue education. Language and Education, 1-18.
2. Koren, S. L. (2022). A Theoretically and Comparatively Informed Description of Yogad Morphology (Master's thesis, Carleton University). Carleton Theses and Dissertations.
3. Adriano, M. N. I., Franco, N. T., & Estrella, E. A. (2021). Language-in-education policies and stakeholders’ perception of the current MTB-MLE policy in an ASEAN country. The Australian journal of language and literacy, 44(1), 84-99.
4. Ethnic Groups of the Philippines. (n.d.). Yogad. http://www.ethnicgroupsphilippines.com/ethnic-groups-in-the-philippines/yogad/

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Author's Note

There is so much left to be done,
​but it's a start.

This project is the on-going result of the author's lifelong work in discovering, preserving, and reviving the Yogad language across generations, around the globe. As you go through the site, please be patient if some pages need updating. If there is anything you'd like to contribute, or even challenge, you are more than welcome to do so. I am always open to feedback, so let me know what you think. I am leaving the door open.

Make yourself at home.