Dean Lelen Berberabe is a summa cum laude graduate of Philosophy from the University of the Philippines (UP) and class valedictorian of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy in 1989. She was the first female Philosophy instructor in the same school where she taught for 10 years, and has a Masters in Philosophy. She studied law from UP college of law where she graduated salutatorian of her class in 1999. She was an associate lawyer in Baker McKenzie Manila, Philippines with specialization on labor law.

​Post law firm, she joined Procter & Gamble Philippines where she was a Senior Counsel and member of the Leadership Team. In 2010, she was appointed by the President of the Republic of the Philippines as the CEO of Pag-IBIG Fund.

She has been recognised as an Outstanding CEO in Asia by the ADFIAP, Outstanding CEO in the public sector by Asia CEO, one of the Ten Outstanding Women in Nation Service in 2013, and one of the 100 Most Influential Filipino Women in 2014.

Prior to her appointment, Dean Lelen Berberabe was a senior lecturer at the UP College of Law. She is also a professorial lecturer at the Philippine Judicial Academy.