Who is he? AS A MUSICIAN
A man who grew with the rondalla instruments. He became a preserver of the Philippine Cultural Heritage and has gained him various awards, including the prestigious NAMCYA in 2009, being a member of ABESAR, a rondalla group. One of the Philippine Delegates in the 2nd and 3rd International Rondalla Festival held in Dumaguete City and Tagum City, Davao, Del Norte in 2008 and
2011, 50th Lefkas International Folklore Festival in Lefkada, Greece, and 2nd International Folklore Festival: Earthdancers in Athens, Greece in 2012. He also arranges musical scores specifically for rondalla and composes songs. May-June, 2015, he became the musical director of the Banaue Musical Theater Group of Banaue, Ifugao for the Gotad de Ifugao Festival, as well as one of the supervisor of the float design of the said event. AS A FOLK DANCE TRAINER-COACH
Founder of Likhain Dance Troupe, teaching children the different Folk Dances of the Philippines without monetary compensation. It became his activity since 2010. Now the Likhain Dance Troupe has won different awards including him gaining the National Outstanding Trainer-Coach in 2012 and 2013, and becoming the National Champion of Philippine Arts and Culture Educators' Society in 2013, and 1st Runner Up in Fun Fiesta sa Pilipinas in summer of 2014. Also, in year 2012 the Likhain Dance Troupe has reached the Grand Finals of ABS-CBN's noontime show It's Showtime: Bida Kids. Because of this winnings, he was discovered by the Philippine Arts and Culture Educators' Society (PACES). AS A RESOURCE SPEAKER
Molded by experiences of different speeches, he became a National Resource Speaker of PACES, started with teaching educators folk dances in literatures in Bacolod City. Now, he has traveled the Philippine Archipelago in sharing his thoughts in the fields of Dance and Movement, Visual Arts, Music, and the latest, Media Arts, where he became the chairman of that field. AS A PHOTOGRAPHER
From the very start of who he was, it highlighted his journey as a photographer. Fascinated by the beauty of the pictures in memory, lights and shadows, and different crafts of nature and man, he believes that these has contributed to his manner of how he does things and capture it. Founded the Portrata Club on February 2015, an organization where members are aspiring models and photographers. He is the creator of the Training Matrix in Media Arts of the Philippine Arts and Culture Educators' Society that is used in National Workshops held by the Bulwagang Filipino Theater Guild and PACES in cooperation with the Department of Education and different Local Government in the Philippines. He believes that photography can be an instrument of strengthening bonds, repairing broken chains of relationship, fill a hungry nostalgic mind, tap the back of a broken heart, dream a dream, and at its simplest, it creates fun. "My passion is my power." - James Lastra
