Macie gained her Graduate Diploma in Interior Design with honours at the Philippine School of Interior Design. She obtained her professional licence shortly after she graduated. She gathered valuable industry expertise in working in Singapore for a few years. Having been exposed to travelling in Asia, her design theory has been influenced by a wide variety of cultures, values and experiences. It is because of this exposure to such mixture that she places emphasis on the importance of explicit design, precision to detail and supreme execution through project completion.