From the beginning.
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I’m Gian (pronounced jee-yan). I remember excitedly rushing home to show my sister my new brown star speckled sweater, desperate for her approval. To say I admired her was an understatement.
Not long after, did she come home with this red contraption she paid her hard earned fast-food working money on. A dinky hand held camcorder. I tinkered with it the moment she grew bored of it.
Ever since then, my relationship with the art of storytelling has grown ever so lovingly into my greatest love. And now, I see so clearly, that everything is art.
Experience.
My work has brought me to California, Costa Rica, Peru, Thailand and Guatemala. I’ve received my 200 Yoga Teacher Training hours in the process. Despite my degree in Media Production (at Toronto Metropolitan University), I believe my skills have really come from experience. I was born with rose coloured glasses. With time, and music as my constant life’s soundtrack, inspiration comes to me with effortless ease.
As a shy, insecure kid, this industry has built me from the ground up. To become a woman of integrity, honour, and confidence. To be a leader. And to surrender to the process. I’m not only willing to share my skills in the trade, but to teach my clients how they can be self-sufficient in their own personal creations.
I was born in the Philippines and was raised in Southern Ontario, Canada. From garnishing burgers as a teenager, to folding clothes in the local mall, to shooting retreats in Peru, I have learned the value of hard work and fun. What I find to be the most important aspect of my work is that there is a balance between professionalism and play. A day without laughter feels like a day wasted. So no matter the occasion, optimism is key.