Dr. John Paul S. Tosoc is a biologist and pharmaceutical scientist currently working as a Research Fellow IV at the Institutes of Human Genetics (IHG), National Institutes of Health (NIH), University of the Philippines Manila, Manila City, Philippines. Dr. Tosoc obtained his Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Science in Biology degrees at Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT), Iligan City, Philippines. During his Ph.D. program, he was a Visiting Research Scholar at the Pharmaceutical Research Institute (PRI), Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) in Rensselaer, New York, USA, where he did his dissertation and hands-on training for pharmaceutical science, nanomedicine, and cancer research. For the past 7 years, he spent most of his research work on determining and evaluating the pharmacological properties of various medicinal plants present in the Philippines for possible drug discovery and development. Moreover, aside from doing research, Dr. Tosoc has also been involved in science communication through social media platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram as a content creator. His advocacies include disseminating the importance of doing research and pursuing a career in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), breaking the unrealistic stereotypes of scientists as geniuses, introverts, and silent. Through his content, he aims to show the real life of a scientist abroad and in the Philippines.