Friends call me a G.I. or Genuine Ilocano. I was born and grew up in the renowned town — the church architecture is nothing you can find anywhere else — of Agoo in La Union province, Philippines. This is where I took my primary and secondary schooling and graduated with so many medals everybody thought then I was a Christmas tree.

I inherited my grandmother's fondness for children. So I made myself five boys by a lady from Batangas City.

What's a B. S. in Medical Technology graduate doing in graphic arts? Well, we are always told to follow our childhood dreams. After all, I started doodling and sketching at the age of six. I always make fun of drawing my teachers' faces in hilarious, sometimes unpopular shapes. It's a personal expression I have not outgrown.

...the Graphic Designer

Despite landing top six in the country's medical technology board exams and.. following a dream, I switched  working at a medical laboratory in favor of a pharmaceutical company. I stayed there for more than 19 years (really!). What have kept my drive during those long years? Producing promotional pieces that feeds my passion for graphic art as an expression. Executive perks kept me glued on my seat.

The rest of this brief history is still following that childhood dream, not using pencil sketches as I used to, nor  some corporate artists translating my thoughts in traditional brushes but through the wonders of digital technology.

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