Dr. Hanilyn Aguilar Hidalgo is an accredited professor at the Central Bicol State University of Agriculture, Philippines. She was a Latin honor graduate of the University of the Philippines Los Baños under the Agribusiness Management program. She holds advanced studies in Business Administration and took an interest in research that deals with sustainable livelihood of the marginal sectors, value chain analysis, market behavior, innovation skills, and farm tourism. She was recognized as one of the 2021 women leaders in Southeast Asian Women under the agriculture, education, and energy & environment categories. Also, in October 2021, she was awarded as one of the Outstanding Asian Science Diplomats. Recently, she clinched the spot as one of the four finalists of the 2023 Pantas Award, the highest recognition given to researchers/scientists in the Philippines by the Department of Science and Technology.