 He forms the team of analysts of Pulse Asia, a public opinion polling body in the Philippines.Abueva is the founder and current president of Kalayaan College.Abueva was born in Tagbilaran City, Bohol on May 25, 1928 to Teodoro Lloren Abueva, a former Bohol congressman and Purificacion (Nena) Veloso, head of Bohol's Women’s Club and women's suffrage campaign.