Alynna M. Carlos is a Master of Maritime Policy candidate at the University of Wollongong under the Australia Awards Maritime Security Scholarship Program. In 2025, she completed her master's degree in International Studies from the University of the Philippines, where her thesis focused on minilateralism in the Sulu-Sulawesi Seas. She previously served at the Presidential Office for Maritime Concerns and also supported the work of the National Maritime Council of the Philippines.