Dr. Consuelo D. Samson is an alumna of Mindanao State University – Maguindanao where she finished her Bachelor of Science in Education major in English in 1987 and her Master of Arts in English Language Teaching in 2006. She completed her Doctor of Philosophy in Language Education at Notre Dame of Dadiangas University in General Santos City in 2017.

She serves as an English Professor in the University for graduate and undergraduate degrees. Prior to her designation as the new Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, she was the Acting Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Dr. Samson, who currently holds Professor VI faculty rank, has served MSU-Maguindanao for almost three decades already.