Jodi Sta Maria will focus on this endeavor this year

Kapamilya actress Jodi Sta Maria, known as the Silent Superstar in the Philippine entertainment industry, shared that she is planning to have her showbiz hiatus this 2025.

Jodi started her showbiz career when she was just 15 years old. She signed a contract with ABS-CBN’s talent management company Star Magic and she remained under the company up to the present.

There was a time when Jodi took a break from the entertainment industry. That was when she chose love over career. In a previous interview, she admitted that making that decision was not easy.

Jodi Sta Maria was able to return but that was not easy also. It felt like she was starting from the beginning. Eventually, she was able to have her big break through the series Be Careful With My Heart.

From that, she continued doing lead roles in series and movies. The most recent teleserye project she did was the Kapamilya primetime series Lavender Fields. In a recent interview, based on the article in The Philippine Star, Jodi shared that after this project, she is planning to take a break.

“This year, I’m taking up my Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology,” Jodi shared. She explained that as a human being, she felt that she could do so much more and that there is life outside show business. For Jodi, even though she is an actress, she can still put on another hat.

The award-winning actress shared that she dreamed of making mental health accessible to all. “It’s my dream to put up a small center to make mental health accessible to all — hindi lang for people na kaya magbayad, but para sa lahat,” Jodi Sta Maria said.

From the time she studied Psychology and did acupuncture detox, this has been in her heart and she will fulfill this dream.

Aside from this, Jodi also said that she enjoys being a student because she learns new things. This sparks joy in her heart and it fascinates her.