A nine to five job, a corporate attire and a designated workspace inside a room are just a few of the things that Chary can live without. You can find her happiest and at her element when she is on the field interviewing combatants down south, sharing stories with NGO workers who speak passionately about their work, filming landscapes and seascapes for an environment project or simply travelling in a bus, boat or plane to her next destination for another assignment. Her philosophy about work is pretty much the same about life— that in the end, it is the relationships that matter in all that we do.

Chary graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication, major in Broadcast Communication at the University of the Philippines Diliman in 1986, a time when martial law was just lifted and together with a new democracy, the resurgence of the civil society that stretched its arms to assist the marginalized Filipinos. Finding out that creating advocative videos is her calling in life makes half her journey completed. The other half she lives everyday with a heart that continues to discover, through her work, the inner strength and resilience of the Filipino spirit.

If the language of her heart can be captured in photographs, it would surely be teeming with amazing landscapes and seascapes, an eternal beauty that words alone may never be able to describe. Tina began her journey with the camera as early as her high school days and, since then, has not been separated from it- even as she crossed to another continent from the Philippines to the USA as an immigrant in the early 90s. A medical doctor by profession who graduated from the University of Sto. Tomas, she made the crucial decision of raising a family as her top priority and then continued her inseparable bond with photography as her new profession. Tina served as the sole photographer for a book project “Aruga” for the Biodiversity and Management Bureau (BMB) of the Philippines, where she travelled to seven protected areas all over the country and where great adventures and challenges only proved, all the more, that her love for this craft was unwavering. Her project for the UNDP’s Small Grants Programme Phase 5 gave her the opportunity to shine brightest as she tests her prowess in caves and underground rivers, something that Imagic will always be proud of! Truly, it is  always a gift and a magic to have Tina in our midst even for our most challenging photography projects.

Free-spirited and always on the go, JR earned his BS degree from MAPUA Institute of Technology. He specialized in information technology but found love in photography and videography. He is always up to date, which makes him an opinion leader for the other members of the team. His creativity, coupled with his technical knowledge, gives him the confidence to take enthralling shots that capture beautiful stories.

A quiet person but has a loud mind and an artistic soul. Jomark graduated from the Eulogio “Amang” Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology with a degree in Bachelor of Fine Arts Major in Visual Communication. He found love with playing, experimenting, and combining shots and angles. His creativity and hard work pushed him to develop exceptional skills in video shooting and editing. Aside from that, he is determined and autodidactic himself that he mastered doing animation. Doing what he loves and trying new and exciting things make him undeniably talented in his craft.

“Bloom where you are planted.” is one of the sayings that Jodie lives by. A preschool teacher by profession, she earned her undergraduate degree in Family Life and Child Development at the University of the Philippines, Diliman. Her belief that people are life-long learners is what urged her to pursue a career in production and fulfill her childhood dream of making a difference in the world. From conceptualizing and writing scripts, coordinating with clients, partaking in the video editing process, and even recording voice over narrations, Jodie takes each experience as a learning opportunity that continuously enriches her skills and nourishes her love for her work.

Carrying a deep and passionate fascination in graphic arts since elementary, Coleen gained her degree in BS Multi-Media Arts and Sciences specializing in Graphic Design from the Mapúa University-Manila. At the outset, she started as a graphic designer and later expanded her expertise and skills in graphic arts as she explores and learns to enjoy playing with the movements of images and designs. Further, she has developed enthusiasm in video editing as she gathers experiences in work in Imagic. Her innate creativity and realistic mindset ease and help the team come up with sensible creative decisions.

A simple and humble person who also has a burning desire to be of service to people, Ivy earned a degree in AB Broadcast Communication from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. She fell in love with her job, knowing that she serves to unfold the diverse stories of various people and becomes part of their transformation. Patient and hardworking as she is, she went beyond her passion for production management as she recently traverses the world of video editing, graphic design, and animation. Being a responsible team member that does mix and match, the production processes always go well and successfully.

A high school graduate from Taliptip National High school in Bulacan equipped with experiences as a former production assistant for years is Imagic’s current bookkeeper. She is trustworthy and a fast learner that makes her suitable for a bookkeeping job in the office. Her eagerness and dedication to learn and to be trained brought her to a life adventure she did not expect to take. Her mischance to attend college did not hinder her to thrive and earn the diploma she owns to herself – her present career, her gained experiences and learnings in life, and the relationship she built with her team members. She is mother-like to the team.