Dr Carlene Arceo has been teaching at the UP Diliman Institute of Mathematics for the past 35 years, since her graduation from the BS Mathematics program in 1988. She did graduate studies in Applied Mathematics (Operations Research) and Mathematics (Analysis), and did dissertation research at Waseda University, Japan. Her current research interests are mathematical modeling and math education, particularly the history and popularization of mathematics. Aside from upper division math courses, she regularly handles General Education math courses and offers Math History classes now and then. She is currently the Secretary of the Mathematical Society of the Philippines and the Country Representative to the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction.