Corazon S. Alvina is the head of the Museo ng Kaalamang Katutubo.
Alvina once served as director of the National Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Manila. She helped lead culture/heritage bodies such as the Asia Europe Museums Network (ASEMUS) and the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (National Traditional Artist Award, GAMABA), National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). She co-curated landmark Philippine exhibitions overseas (Asian Art Museum-San Francisco; Musée de quai Branly-Paris), helped found key cultural heritage management programs.
She is also known as a culinary writer. Alvina holds a degree in Anthropology from the University of the Philippines and is one of the co-authors of Halupi: Essays on Philippine Culture.
