Kushaiah Felisilda was born and raised in Maasin, Southern Leyte, Philippines. She first developed her fondness for films by scouring her mother's wide array of DVDs. Growing up as a shy kid, films became a haven for discovering and expressing stories whose creators did not own the spotlight, but was responsible for all the magic onscreen. This attracted her to the field of filmmaking, which grew in parallel with her love for technology and film theories. So on most Sundays she could be found experimenting with all the ways one can tell a story without the literal retelling of it.