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Grace Gayoso Pasion

Grace Gayoso Pasion

Regional Knowledge Management Officer, Asia, Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Grace Gayoso-Pasion is currently the Asia Regional Knowledge Management (KM) Officer for Knowledge SUCCESS at the Johns Hopkins Center for Communications Program. More known as Gayo, she is a development communication professional with nearly two decades of experience in communication, public speaking, behavior change communication, training and development, and knowledge management. Spending most of her career in the nonprofit sector, specifically in the public health field, she has worked on the challenging task of teaching complex medical and health concepts to urban and rural poor in the Philippines, most of whom never finished primary or secondary school. She is a longtime advocate for simplicity in speaking and writing. After completing her graduate degree in communications from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore as an ASEAN scholar, she has been working in regional KM and communication roles for international development organizations assisting various Asian countries with improving their health communication and KM skills. She is based in the Philippines.

A dirt road to the right of the photo leads to a small green health clinic in the distance. In front of the clinic is a porch area with a group of people sitting outside. Credit: Afghanistan, Department for International Development, 2009.
mic RH champions and advocates wave purple flags while singing Lila (purple), the RH advocacy anthem. Purple symbolizes women’s rights. Photo courtesy of Grace Gayoso Pasion.
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Members of an Indonesian community meeting convene
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Project staff and participants plant mangrove seedlings. Image credit: PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc.
Project staff and participants plant mangrove seedlings. Image credit: PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc.