Dr. Rosell-Ubial has served public office for 27 years and has been under 13 health secretaries. She literally rose from the ranks, starting from volunteer health worker in Kidapawan, up to the position of Assistant Secretary and Deputy Head for the office of health regulations. Her vast experience in the country’s health conditions have led her to be a leader and champion of “Kalusugang Pangkalahatan”, with advocacies in mentalhealth, women and children’s health, and tobacco control, amongothers.

Her extensive career in the Department of Health has led her to numerous notable designations, such the founding program manager of the “Sentrong Sigla” movement, the quality assurance program of the DOH, and the founding manager of the Women’s Health and Development program in the DOH. With her expertise in Women’s Health, she was also named as the DOH Gender and Development focalperson.

Additionally, she gained prominence as the chairperson of the Red Orchid Awards, or the search for 100 percent tobacco-free environment for Local Government Units and government organizations. She was also the Head of the DOH’s Integrity Development Committee and of the Task Force for Performance Governance System and Social Dialogue. She has worked under the regional offices of SOCCSARGEN, Western Visayas, the Zamboanga Peninsula, and the Davao Region. Her designations have also allowed her to reach different regions of the country, such as the typhoon-devastated Eastern Visayas, and the geographically isolated areas of Palawan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, and Basilan.

Her educational background is also notable. She is the daughter of former UP Professor Neon C. Rosell, and finished her primary and secondary in UPIS. Afterwhich, she took BS Zoology in UP Diliman, and Medicine in the University of the East- Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center. Subsequently, she continued her studies, fulfilling her postgraduate internship in the UP-PGH and her Masters Degree in the UP College of Public Health.

To date, she is blessed with a loving husband of 25 years and a farmer-businessman from La Rioja, Patnongon, Antique, Mr. Edwin F. Ubial, and a son, Karl, who finished his BS Psychology studies in the University of Santo Tomas. Her son is currently pursuing a degree in Medicine from the UST-Faculty of Medicine and Surgery.