Joza is a creative strategist and founding partner of WiseOwl, a firm that specializes in communication for social change. She is a co-host of Give A Hoot podcast, the first-ever crowdfunded podcast for communication in the Philippines. Joza is a certified Brand the Change Trainer and is also a member and former officer at Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan (Ang INK), the first and only network of Filipino children’s book illustrators.
With a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, majoring in Advertising Arts from the University of Santo Tomas, she has years of experience in the advertising industry under Grey Philippines, Publicis Manila, and Cheil Philippines. In 2016, she won a competition to represent her country at the London International Awards - Creative LIAisons Program.
She works with civic and social organizations, social movements and the government sector and has provided brand thinking and campaign ideation training for the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and other local human rights organizations. She also designed brands and campaigns for environmental organizations and contributed to local and international art exhibitions, including at the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Geneva. By joining Amani Institute’s Social Innovation Management program, she hopes to learn from a global perspective and develop programs that will equip and train advocates to become communicators.
