Born in 1969. Raqs is the youngest in the family of five children. She graduated in 1991 at the College of the Holy Spirit (Manila) with a degree of Fine Arts major in Advertising. In the same year, she already gained international exposure when she sold handpainted shirts during the Southeast Asian Games. In 1992, Raqs launched her career as artist for Avellana and Associates, one of Manila's leading advertising agencies. In the A & A art department, artists spend their free hours expressing their emotions on canvas. And Raqs, like her colleagues, realized their true fulfillment...painting. Each of them started their own collection and formed a group called the "MADRUGADA Artists". Being p