Lo is an AB-Journalism graduate from the University of Santo Tomas. He once reported for The Philippine Star during the 23rd Southeast Asian Games, covering the shooting events held in Muntinlupa. He was also bylined in the Business and Global Pinoy sections of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. A sporadic poet, he had some of his poems appear twice in both the Philippine Graphic and Dapitan, a literary folio published in UST. Mr. Pineda knows how to maneuver a one-handed cartwheel.