MARITES GUINGONA-AFRICA, Ph.D. is founder and executive director of The Peacemakers’ Circle Foundation, Inc., an interfaith organization that promotes various forms of dialogue in building mutually respectful and harmonious relationships between people of diverse cultures and beliefs. Her work of eighteen years has been rooted in grassroots Muslim-Christian community-building around conflict-ridden communities in Metro Manila and North Cotabato, Mindanao. She is a lecturer on Muslim-Christian Dialogue for Nation-Building and Conflict Transformation and Peace Among Religions at Ateneo de Manila University.