Before being discovered, she was vending almost anything - from
ready-to-wear apparels in Quiapo market to fish at the wet market of
Sta. Mesa - that can earn her money for her daily needs.
Her simple ambition was just to become a saleslady of Shoemart, a chain
of shopping malls, or a factory worker abroad.
She initially rejected an offer to replace Dennis Padilla when the latter left
the program Kool ka lang (2001) to join a rival network. But she later agreed and
was later introduced to the reformatted Kool ka lang (2001) program.