He served as the Chairperson of UP Sandigan para sa Ikauunlad ng Kamalayang maka-Araling Pilipino (UP SIKAP) as well as the Literary Editor of Kalasag, the official student publication of the College of Arts & Letters. In 2016, he was conferred with the Poet of the Year Award (English) at the 11th Gawad Digmaang Rosas for his collection of poems entitled The Way of the General. Some of his poems have also been published in Life UPdates by Likhaan: UP Institute of Creative Writing, Tapuzine Publikasyong Iglap by the Surian ng Sining, and Entrada, double-blind peer reviewed journal of the Center for Creative Writing – Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
He was a participant in the 3rd and 4th Saling Panitik: Bienvenido Lumbera Seminar-Workshop on Translation organized by Likhaan: UP ICW. Last June 2023, he became a fellow for the short story at the 16th Palihang Rogelio Sicat. He was also chosen as one of the eight writing fellows for the Virgin Labfest 19 Writing Fellowship Program under the mentorship of Mr. Glenn Sevilla Mas and organized by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Arts Education Programs.