Julia is always ready to kick ass. She’s committed to expanding the cultural narratives around Asian women, and through her work, she explores themes of race, female sexuality, and violence.

She is also passionate about supporting indigenous communities, facilitating access and discourse on women’s sexual health, and using the body as a facility for creative self-exploration and healing.

She is based between Manila and London and is originally from the Philippines and France. She speaks English, Tagalog, Bikol, French, conversational Chinese, and basic Spanish.

Martial Arts
• trained in Shaolin kung-fu for a year, 8 hours/day at a Chinese monastery and military school in rural China
• training in pekiti-tersia kali (a close- quarters indigenous Filipino fighting art)
• training in sanda and Muay Thai (Chinese and Thai kickboxing)
• completed intermediate BADC stage combat/fight choreography certification

Acting
• training in method acting at Method Acting London
• training at Identity School of Acting (IDSA) two-year part-time programme
• trained in world theatre practices (Japanese Kabuki and Balinese dance-drama)

TV
• Reporter for Thomson Reuters Jerusalem
• Reported for CNN International Abu Dhabi and Parishioners

Martial Arts training groups
🇵🇭 PTK Pilipinas Katipunan (PTK)
🇺🇸 Survival Arts (PTK)
🇨🇳 云台山国际学生奥 (kung-fu)
🇨🇳 升龙武术学校 (kung-fu)
🇨🇳 Troy’s Team (light saber fight choreo)
🇬🇧 True Edge (stage combat fight choreo)

Education
BA Film Production and Politics at New York University Abu Dhabi
MA Chinese Cinema and Economics at Peking University

Weaponry
Staff, Chinese dao, broadsword, dagger, rapier, guns (shooting/disarmament), saber, unarmed

Certifications
Certified yoga teacher RYT 200
Full motorcycle license
PADI open-water scuba diver
Intermediate BADC

Hobbies
Motorcycling, surfing, martial arts, eating, yoga, meditation, football, basketball, track and field, archery

Languages/accents
English (general american accent), French, Filipino, Mandarin (conversational), Spanish (basic)