I help multi-passionate creatives express themselves through blogging.

“You need to choose ONE niche,” is a statement I roll my eyes at. I believe having multiple passions is a gift & we should honor it. And what better way to embrace all of it than with blogging?

I believe that blogging is a great first step into entrepreneurship.

Not many understand that the blog is a starting point. An easy point. It’s something people can understand. It’s not expensive to start, and you don’t need that much technology either.

Blogging is not about blogging, it's about what you do with it.

You get into the community of not only blogging, but also of business & entrepreneurship too. And little by little, you grow that blog into a business. Blogging is an entrepreneurial journey. And an entrepreneurial journey is a quest for personal growth. Blogging = Personal growth!

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My goal is that everyone uses their voice to make a big impact on the world.

I grew up believing I didn’t have a voice worth listening to. And even if I tried, no one would listen. Imagine a mousy, little girl hiding behind the wall – that was me. It boggles me, today, that I was even like this! Well, well, well, how the turntables.

After a traumatic experience, I decided to take the bull by its horns and finally do the things I’d been too scared to do. So I dipped my toes into blogging and since then, have grown it to the business you’re now seeing today. Was it easy? Nope. Is it possible for others? YES!

a Trip down memory lane

2005

I got my start in blogging with Xanga (anyone still remember that?). My name was X_crying_quiet_tears_X. Yep. EMO as heck. I created another GIF blog for users to copy & paste GIFs into their own blogs. It wasn’t much but I grew my first little following. This began my sporadic journey of beauty, fashion, food, and photography blogs.

2016

After blogging across different platforms like Blogger & Tumblr, I finally bought my own domain and I started this blog (the one you’re seeing now!) and started blogging about my travels & travel tips. I learned as much as I could about blogging, marketing & business and grew my 27k following in 2 years.

June 2018

I decided to offer social media management services from the skills I learned to grow my blog. I had my first speaking opportunity within 3 weeks of starting. And in 3 months, I had no idea I would be making more as a social media manager than my full-time admin job. So I quit, and embraced the flexibility of working from my parent’s home in Guam and my boyfriend’s (now hubby) apartment in Okinawa.

October 2018

While working as a social media manager, I got an opportunity to host a travel TV show. Apparently, they found me through Instagram and found my travel blog. I got paid to do what I already did on my blog but with a bigger team & audience and was able to host the show from Philippines, Vietnam & China. Balancing this life with social media management & running my blog was a HUSTLE. Enneagram 3 as they come.

2020

Entering the era of lockdowns mixed in with moving to a rural German village for my husband’s work, I decided to throw out the hustle grind of “having it all” and saying “yes” to everything.

I was too stressed & could never accommodate my needs. I was exhausted from people pleasing & no longer felt aligned with the trajection of my life. I had been living a great life and many would love to be in my shoes but I wasn’t exactly happy. What was the point of all this?

So I put my head down and explored what I truly wanted.

2021 - Today

I decluttered my life, from my kitchen cabinets to my business. I started creating from my heart instead of creating for others. I switched from social media management to education, video editing & design. 

Today, I feel more aligned and grounded than ever. And now I’m here to help creators fulfill what they want to get out of blogging. I’ve had quite a journey and a lot of experience, and I’m ready to share that with others.

Jojo is the founder of Traveling Petite Girl. She's a goal-driven creator and a bubbly traveler at heart. She hopes to be known for bringing a level of grace and ease to blogging, and teaching creators to use their voice to change the world.

I believe in:

Straight talk & compassionate conversations, five-year plans & baby steps, self-improvement & vulnerability, expanding life & simplifying workflows, honoring intuition & dishonoring excuses, getting in action first in order get clarity.

I'm not about:

Overly planning & forever researching, choosing one niche & withholding creativity, people-pleasing & changing who we are for others, doing things the “right” way, and saying “yes” to things that don’t serve us.

You can find me:

Filming & editing a video, coaching my students, surfing, gardening, cuddling with Kimchi & Mochi, and singing my butt off in the kitchen while baking a rustic loaf of bread.

My Daily rituals

10-MINUTE
BULLET
JOURNAL

POUR
OVER
COFFEE

SQUATS
SQUATS
SQUATS

listen
to a
podcast

SEXY
HUSBAND
CUDDLES

Where I stand on very important things

COFFEE OR TEA?

Matcha is life.

Beach or mountains?

Beach all day!

favorite food

Tomatoes on toasted bread

Place to shop

Uniqlo & Daiso

guilty pleasure

“Farmer Wants a Wife”

myers-briggs personality

ENFP

enneagram type

3

Early bird or night owl?

Early bird all the way

favorite place

Siargao, Philippines

favorite drink

Pomada (w/ calamansi)

when i'm not working

Baking bread

obsession

Farm life

hometown

Guam & Manila

Ethnicity

Pinay