Riyan Portuguez is a registered psychologist, registered psychometrician, and mental health advocate whose work bridges mental health, education, and social change. She has collaborated with international organizations such as UNICEF Philippines, and UNDP’s Creators’ Forward initiative, all of which share a vision of inclusive and accessible mental health.

She collaborated with UNICEF and TikTok to produce adolescent-focused content that destigmatized mental health and engaged wide audiences. As Chairperson of the PAP Industrial-Organizational Psychology Division, she shaped national discourse through webinars, assemblies, and official position statements on workplace mental health and nation-building. Beyond institutional work, her platform, Your Millennial Psychologist has become a trusted space for Filipinos, using psychology to shed light on social issues, break stigma, and normalize conversations on depression, anxiety, trauma, and resilience.

Her values of empathy, inclusivity, and service define her leadership. She has delivered hundreds of trainings and workshops across industries, schools, NGOs, and communities, reaching hundreds of thousands nationwide. At the same time, she remains grounded in clinical practice with Wellbridge Health, Inc., directly caring for individuals and integrating those insights into her advocacy.

Riyan’s excellence and influence have been recognized with the Gawad Banyuhay Award (2024), the Gawad Galing Award for Healthcare Excellence (2025), and her inclusion in LinkedIn’s Top 25 Influential Filipinos in 2024, an acknowledgment of her ability to inspire both professionals and the wider public. These honors affirm her integrity, innovation, and enduring impact. Her ability to merge clinical practice, academic expertise, digital media, and community engagement demonstrates that psychology is not confined to the clinic or classroom.