My Five P’s
Pursuits
God, abundance, fulfillment, joy, and beauty
Personality
INFJ (introvert, introspective, feeling, judgment) per Myer-Briggs
Pleasures
travel, gardening, reading, concerts, walks, museums, dinner with friends
Preferences
summer, small towns, period films, comedy, instrumental music, herbal tea,
Peeves
noise, dishonesty, cussing, cold weather, troublemakers, weeds
Photo credit: Bridge, Magnolia Plantation South Carolina
Photo credit: John Muir Museum, Martinez CA, 2023
Career
With a degree in Music Education, I worked as a
K-8th classroom music teacher at various private and public schools for about thirty years. I’m a piano teacher to children and adults, a self-employment that started while I was still in college, and gladly, to this day. I’ve served in various churches as pianist, organist, and choir director. Still currently doing that with joy. My life and career as a musician revolve on four areas: singing, teaching, arranging/composing, and recitals. (Check out GIMSTAR here).
Family
After raising three boys, motherhood is my lifetime career. Two are married, one passed away. I am divorced. Originally from the Philippines, I live in California.
Writing
Memoir Writing, Ink — a 12-week on-line writing course by Alison Wearing, June, 2021
“Arne” — a memoir about a son’s disability; long-listed in the International Amy MacRae Award for Memoir Writing, 2022; published on the website of United Leukodystrophy Foundation; March 2023
Tuscany Writing Retreat —a seven-days retreat by memoirist, educator Alison Wearing, April 2023
West Coast Christian Writers Conference – a two-day workshop, Nov 2024, Roseville, CA
Micro Memoir Writing Workshop — a 4-week online course by writer Rayya Liebich, Oct 2024
In Mt. Diablo’s Shadow, Anthology, Vol. 7 – includes my two poems Elegy, and The Seasons, and How People Saw Me, a short story. Published by the City of Brentwood, CA. Nov 2025
A Pursuit of Interest