Benes' Custom Designs, Placerville, CA
After a difficult early relationship with her Filipino mother, she struck out on her own at the young age of 16 moving to Japan to work. She continued making jewelry while living off and on in Japan for over 12 years.
After returning to the Philippines, she continued making jewelry and rugs which were sold in the metro Manila area. In 1996, she met and married her current husband, Jim Alexander while he was on vacation from working in Riyad, Saudi Arabia. In 1998, she move to the US from Saudi Arabia when Jim's contract was finished. She recently started making jewelry here in the US.
