Consultant, Poverty, Wealth and Ecology Project of the World Council of Churches, Manila, Philippines
Athena Peralta has worked for the National Economic and Development Authority of the Philippines and is presently a consultant for the Manila-based Poverty, Wealth and Ecology Project of the World Council of Churches (WCC). She earned a Bachelor of Science in economics from the University of the Philippines, a Master of Arts in development studies and a postgraduate diploma from Erasmus University in The Hague, Netherlands. Before joining the WCC in 2002, she was Senior Economic Development Specialist at the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) of the Philippines.