PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Freelance Writer
- I contribute articles to magazines such as Smart Parenting, Good Housekeeping, Real Living, Cosmopolitan, Preview, Seventeen, Candy, Total Girl, Entrepreneur, Martha Stewart Weddings and national newspaper The Philippine Daily Inquirer
- I am a lifestyle columnist for national daily, Manila Bulletin. My column, called Behind the Scenes, appears every Friday.
- I maintain popular personal blogs Topaz Horizon, Topaz Mommy and Beauty For A Living
PR Writer
- I write press releases for magazines, online shopping sites and fashion brands.
- I also write sponsored posts for various products and services via my blogs
Summit Media
OK! Philippines
Editor-in-Chief
April 2006 to December 2012
OK! Philippines
Managing EditorOK! Philippines
January 2005 to April 2006
Public Relations Associate
August 2002 to January 2005
Media G8Way
Lifestyle writer
February 2002 to July 2002
Office of Senator Loren Legarda
Media Relations Officer and Speechwriter
March 2001 to January 2002
Ingenium Learning Resources Center
Preschool Teacher
October 1999 to February 2001
FELLOWSHIP
39th U.P. National Writers Workshop
Fellow for Short Fiction in English
Baguio City, 1999
EDUCATION
University of the Philippines
Bachelor of Arts in English: Creative Writing
1994 to 1998
INTERESTS
Blogging, social media, women's issues, motherhood, child development, home and lifestyle, breastfeeding awareness, fiction, women's fashion, British royalty
