Afidah Paelmariano Adiong, CSE, LPT, MAFIL, PhD (CAR), known to be ma’am Hapi is a faculty member of MSU-Binidayan Community High School who is handling Filipino subjects since 2012.  She is currently on her study leave and pursuing Doctor of Philosophy in Filipino at MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology. She obtained the degree of Master of Arts in Filipino major in Linguistics (MAFIL) with the distinction, Best Thesis Awardee on her thesis entitled “Istrukturang Sintaktik ng Wikang Meranaw: Isang Pagsusuri” at Mindanao State University (Main Campus). In the same University, she also finished Bachelor of Arts in Filipino as Cum Laude. She has been serving as Filipino Coordinator before the approval of her study leave.