Carmela is a 25-year-old artist from the Philippines. She started freelancing as a photographer in 2012, when she was still a college student. She also took other tasks like video editing for a school movie production, product photography for a start-up clothing line, logo design for various businesses, and eventually she started her own business - Catharsis MNL. She did not have formal training but time and experience were her best teachers. She works beyond to be able to capture a client's wants and needs without compromising her work's artistic integrity.