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Francesca Palabrica


Francesca from Manila, the Philippines holds am Ateneo de Manila degree in physics but is also a fashion model, opera singer, actress and dancer.

On top of this, Francesca is also a dancer, having trained from an early age in classical ballet, modern ballet, contemporary jazz, and belly dancing. She was also the president of the Ateneo Dance Sport Club, where she specialized in Latin Dancesport.

She is also a classical opera singer, having trained with the likes of the Philippine opera legends Tessie Agana - Santos and Fides Cuyugan Asensio.

On top of that, Francesca also has a background in martial arts, having trained in both the Chinese martial art of Wushu, and the Philippine martial art of Arnis. She competed in the National Wushu Championship held by the Philippine Olympic Committee in the Jianshu (long sword) Category. She was also a member of the Ateneo College Arnis Varsity Team. She currently holds two golds for arnis.

She is also a fashion model, having worked with some of the most prominent names in Philippine fashion for both the runway and pictorials.

During the lockdown, Francesca turned to Tiktok to create content that helps teach physics to students caught in distance learning. At the time of writing, she has a Tiktok following of over 61k.

Francesca wishes to marry physics and the performing arts as tools to push her advocacies, which include confronting climate change, especially to help alleviate poverty by improving food production.

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