Dearly was born and raised in Zamboanga City, Philippines. She graduated from Ateneo de Zamboanga University with a Degree in Bachelor of Science in Mass communication. For a time, Dearly became a TV reporter and News Anchor in Zamboanga under a national news broadcasting company in the Philippines. Growing up, Dearly has been very active fulfilling her passion in public speaking and performing arts and won several awards in prepared speech competitions and dance sport competitions.
She moved to the United States in 2015, got married to her husband, Ryan and now have two beautiful kids together. Currently, she has two start-up businesses she is working to scale up. Her desire to help other aspiring business owners and start-up businesses is what drives her to keep serving the Filipino-American community in Utah – her way of giving back, as she herself is also a beneficiary of the Chamber.