Ms Cecile Guidote-Alvarez is the Director of the Earthsavers Dream Ensemble and UNESCO Artist for Peace. She is also a founder of the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA), a pioneering theater group that honed creative artists and audiences through children’s, college, and community theater. Aside from being the chairperson of the Central Institute of Theater Arts in the Philippines (CITAP), she was also the producer-director of the Kalinangan Ensemble primarily devoted to the development and presentation of Filipino plays and the setting up of people's theater program popularized by peso tickets and even free performances. She also produced Balintataw (Pupil of the Eye), a television drama which serves as a valuable laboratory and training ground for students and young talents in various areas of TV, stage, and movie production.