when @celeste_cortesi #celestecortesi was proclaimed @muph2022 shortly before midnight, i was not surprised. aside from @johnpmorante and @thecampofficial, that facilitated her training and logistics, a group of UP faculty members from the department of speech and theatre arts (dscta) led by the department chair, up diliman, manchester & NUS alumnus @siranrilpt created a team to help celeste enhance her creative thinking, rhetoric, articulation, and punctuation while responding to possible questions that may be thrown at her. uplb, up diliman & NUS alumnus @genres5 (senior lecturer & deputy director, NUS center for english language communication) designed for her modules on oratory and the public mind and discourse, citizenship and society. up dscta faculty members @mjsumilong & @ceejean12 ably rose to the challenge by painstakingly enabling celeste to capitalize on her strengths while overcoming her weaknesses during interviews and personal conversations. @ceejean12 also designed celeste’s highly-acclaimed yakan-inspired ensemble for the national costume presentation. the rest, as the saying goes, is history 🥂 (at University of the Philippines) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc_BBa_P0l2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=