Born in Honululu, Hawaii and raised in Southern California, Jarica is a Filipino-American storyteller based in Orange County, California. Jarica is a non- union second camera assistant and cinematographer for narrative films.

A CSUF Cinema and Television Arts Alumni, Jarica began her camera department career during her time in film school. Jarica shot her first short film Caged in 2019 for her Advanced Production Class. Caged was showcased in the Newport Beach Film Festival and the OC Fiesta Film Festival in 2020. Being the very few women who wanted to pursue cinematography in her class, Jarica was picked again to be in the Advanced Production Class for her senior year. Jarica shot Carlifting in 2020. Due to COVID-19, Carlifting was unable to finish production because of the lockdown measures in 2020.

Simultaneously working on these projects, Jarica also collaborated with Chapman University students senior thesis projects and was working as G&E as well as BTS Still Photographer on their sets. Jarica interned at Bob Hodson Photography in 2019 as a food photography assistant and worked on Titan Radio Live! as a camera operator for live music. Jarica finished her BA in Fall of 2020 and continues to work on small short narrative projects as COVID restrictions were lifted.

Jarica also created and produced a small Youtube Web Series called “Sonder” which won best dark comedy short at the Independent Short Awards in May 2022 for the episode of Give Me Some Sugar.