Prof. Jocelyn Marzan, known more as Joyce or Ma'am Joyce, has been working for the development of speech pathology in the Philippines for over 30 years.

She earned her BS Speech Pathology degree from UP Manila in 1986, and Master of Arts (Speech Pathology and Audiology) from New York University in 1990. She did a year of Clinical Fellowship at the Kennedy Child Study Center in New York and received a Certificate of Clinical Competence from ASHA in 1991. She has since maintained that certification.

She completed two years of coursework towards a doctorate in communication science and disorders at the University of Pittsburgh before returning home to complete both a master's and a doctorate in Developmental Psychology at UP Diliman with a focus on language development in Filipino toddlers and pre-school children. She has been a faculty member of the Department of Speech Pathology at UP Manila on a full time basis since 1993, and has been part of enhancing instructional designs and teaching-learning materials over the years, including the recent major revision that strengthened SLP foundations in normal communication development, the role of communication competence across the lifespan, and the importance of intervention for maximal participation and inclusion in society of persons with communication and/or swallowing disorders.

Upon the request of the Commission on Higher Education, Prof. Marzan led the development of the initial Policies, Standards and Guidelines for Speech-language Pathology Education. This effort was participated in by more than 40 Filipino speech pathology practitioners and educators based both in the Philippines and in various countries around the world.

She served as president of PASP from 2004-2006 and as a member of the PASP Board of Trustees from 2014-2019. In this role, she has played a part in developing and lobbying for the recently passed Speech Language Pathology Act (RA 11249). Prof. Marzan envisions the opening of several graduate and undergraduate programs in speech pathology throughout the Philippines, with each serving as a nerve center for the development of service and locally relevant research in the Philippine major languages and with all programs collaborating constructively for the good of Filipinos with communication and/or swallowing conditions and their families.