Dr. Miriam Cue is the country’s first registered and licensed psychologist. She has 45 years of progressively responsible professional experience in teaching, research, and psychological practice, spanning 5 specialty areas: Clinical, Counseling, Assessment, Addiction, and Industrial-Organizational Psychology. In 2012, she was awarded the Most Outstanding Professional of the Year in the field of Counseling by the Foundation of Outstanding Professionals and the Professional Regulation Commission.

Outside her current official designation as Chairperson of the Professional Regulatory Board of Psychology at the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), Dr. Miriam is a strong advocate of    Mental Health and an internationally-known trainer for the Treatment and Recovery of people suffering from Substance Use Disorder (SUD). She is a distinguished Global Master Trainer on the Universal Treatment Curriculum for SUD under The Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Program (CPDAP)  and a recognized Global Trainer for Drug Demand Reduction by the UNODC and the ISSUP. She also serves as Consultant & Retainer at the New Day Recovery Center (NDRC), a mental health facility based in Davao City, committed to helping those suffering from substance addiction, addictive behaviors, psychiatric disorders, behavioral problems and other adjustment difficulties.

At age 66 and through the many years of adventures across many different countries, Dr. Miriam now resides on the Island Province of Bohol where she was born and raised. Locked down in the town of Baclayon amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Miriam leads PAGPAKABUHI’s team of Responders and Mental Health Professionals at this particularly difficult and challenging time for the community. Dr. Miriam trusts that this is God’s calling and believes that He is using her mightily to answer the prayer of His people, especially those who have no access to mental health care. As Founding Member of PAGPAKABUHI, Dr. Miriam has finally come home.