• Master of Management Major in Education Management (MMEM), Philippine Christian University
• 120-hour Advanced TESOL Certification, American TESOL Institute
• Professional Teacher License for Secondary English, Professional Regulation Commission (Philippines)
• Certificate in Teaching Dramatics and Stagecraft, MSU-IIT Center for Culture and Arts Studies
• Honor Graduate Eligibility, Civil Service Commission, Republic of the Philippines
• Bachelor of Arts in English, Mindanao State University- Iligan Institute of Technology

Mr. April Al Ian Tii Jacob was born and raised in the southern Philippines where he started to be on spotlight as a neophyte stage actor in 2012. He was an honor graduate at Mindanao State University- Iligan Institute of Technology for the degree in English with special awards in leadership, journalism and performing arts.

He is a licensed professional teacher and has completed the following:

• International Theater Workshop (2015), La Salle University – Ozamis City and Traditions and Editions Theater Circus (Singapore)
• Globalizing the Local Conferences: Current Issues and Trends in Language and Literature (2015, 2016), Iligan City
• Massive Open Online Course on Ambitious Teaching and Learning (2016), US Embassy through MSU-IIT, Edx, and University of Michigan
• National Youth Ambassadors’ Program for Peace (2012), Cagayan De Oro City
• Philippine ‘I Transform’ Young Leaders Convention (2015), Baguio City

Among the lead roles he played were Duke Orsino of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, Professor Henry Higgin’s of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, and Bato Lakungan of Dr. Steven Patrick Fernandez’s Ranaw: Isang Alamat—a musical play based on a Philippine Epic by the Integrated Performing Arts Guild.

Teaching for more than 6 years now, he is focused on developing the students’ perspective of the world in a holistic approach through theater arts.

He is thrilled to share his theater arts experience to the thespians of TAS.