Zen is a Philippine environmental activist, pathologist, organic farmer, biodynamic practitioner and photographer. She finished her Bachelor Degree in Agriculture at the University of the Philippines – Los Banos and Masters in Plant Pathology at University of Wisconsin, U.S.A.

She spent 20 years in New York as a photojournalist to several magazines in the USA and became a Senior Environmental Technologist of Shell Oil Company in New York and Associate Editor of Research Institute of America in New York City.

She went back to the Philippines to organize cooperatives for women and protecting the environment. She co-chaired the Bohol’s Environment Summit that drafted the Environmental Code of Bohol. She did lectures on environment, homeopathy, anthroposophy, sustainable agriculture and organic farming, genetic engineering, vermi composting, herbal medicine, agnihotra and wellness programs.

She also organized the Tagbilaran All Women’s Multipurpose Cooperative, Bohol Federation of Women Cooperatives, Cedar Children’s Garden, JLW Foundation, Mayacabac Ubi growers and Processors Producers Cooperative and Permaculture Institute of the Philippines (PIP). She also co-founded the Bohol Nature Conservation Society, Ubi Center Foundation and the Bohol Initiators for Sustainable Agriculture and Development.