I’m Cally, a student and designer-researcher curious about identity, community, and belonging in the digital media landscape.

Kamusta!

I think of design as a gesture of love love. An instrument for education, for digital literacy media literacy. An embodiment of cultural memory cultural memory. A site of ritual ritual. ૮ . . ྀིა

A colorful, pastel-colored digital illustration of a workspace with a pink desk holding a laptop, a potted plant, a drink with a straw, a notebook, and a spoon. Behind the desk, there is a pink shelving unit with books, a toy doll, and additional items. The background features a wall with more books, decorative items, and framed pictures, creating a cozy, aesthetic office or study space.

User Experience

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Creative Design

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New Media

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User Experience ୨୧ Creative Design ୨୧ New Media ୨୧

Creative Design

Community Work

ASEAN Youth Advocates Network Philippines (AYAN PH)

Creative leadership for a national youth-led organization advancing ASEAN advocacy and encouraging youth empowerment across the region.

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Professional Work

Creative Design

Eskwelabs

Design internship work for a Philippine/Singaporean AI and data education startup — spanning speculative explorations and professional content.

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Creative Design

Community Work

Asian & Pacific Islander Collective (APIC)

Identity-driven branding and visuals for a multicultural student org, celebrating API culture, language, and community through design.

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Community Work

Creative Design

Looma

Design for a digital publication where Queer, Trans, and Women of Color unravel dominant media narratives and imagine new cultural futures.

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Academic Work

Creative Design

Mahal ୨୧ Animation

For my Media Arts course, “Animated Assemblages.” Collaging together love, dating, and relationships as they’ve been represented on Filipino screen media.

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More Coming Soon

A decorated room with pastel pink and blue satin drapes over tables, a fluffy beige carpet, a collage of small photos on the wall, candles, and a vase with white flowers.
A collage with a religious figure of the Virgin Mary holding roses, surrounded by smaller images of women and religious icons, and an old church building with the words 'Digital Intersections' in decorative font.
People watching an art installation with two monitors, photographs on the wall, and candles, in a decorated gallery space.
An optical illusion image with pixelated colors of pink, black, and gray, depicting a person with question marks covering their face, and text underneath that starts with the letter 'A'.
Digital illustration of smartphone screens capturing images of Hello Kitty balloons, with retro TV and abstract colorful background.
Two young women with colorful hair and casual clothing are sitting at a table with cups of coffee, looking at each other and enjoying a conversation, in a cozy, warmly lit café.
Album cover art for Olivia Rorrigo's 'Deja Vu,' featuring a digital collage of a woman watching multiple television screens, with a background of abstract pastel colors and large pink script of the album and artist names.
A colorful, abstract digital collage featuring text and graphic elements, including a large heart with the phrase "FEELS 1000 LIKE" inside, a sign saying "CAN YOU SHOW ME HOW YOU SWISH," a storefront labeled "MARK LEE," and a speaker with the phrase
A retro, pink-themed digital collage featuring an old television with 'hey, boy!' on the screen, Nintendo controller, cassette tape, and floating fish. Text includes phrases like "Don't pass me by if you can't forget me either" and "I don't want to b
Stylized digital illustration of a piggy bank with a world map on its face, surrounded by geometric shapes and vibrant pastel colors, with the question 'Do you think money solves everything?' at the bottom.
A flat lay of a game-themed table featuring a large computer mouse, pink and black gaming dice, an orange cup with a black umbrella logo, pink and navy envelopes, a pink drawstring bag, scattered blueberries, a note with symbols and text, a large pin
Colorful collage featuring snack packaging, colorful flowers, and text like 'Witchut', 'happy wed! lucky me?', and a nutritional facts label, all in a vibrant, layered design.
Poster promoting a multilingual and multicultural art and poetry submission event with colorful abstract, cosmic background, and a large vibrant question mark.