Josh Mangila who takes pride in being the first Filipino editor-in-chief of an international magazine in Dubai was featured on GMA News TV’s The World of Gandang Ricky Reyes-TV Show.
The 31-year-old started out as a distributing agent for a Philippine-based publication until he became editor-in-chief of a Dubai-based luxury travel magazine, Xpedition Middle East.
Mangila, a recipient of The Filipino Times’ Media Personality of the Year in 2016, said that he developed his love for writing when he was diagnosed of verbal apraxia (speaking disability) at a young age. He turned to writing to communicate and later pursued this as his career.
In 2005, he was given the chance to be a junior writer in Dubai wherein he had to write and contribute stories for several magazines.
In 2014, Mangila crossed paths with an Emirati woman who later on financed his publication.
In October 2016, he was awarded by the European Tourism as the Most Influential Travel Journalist of 2016 in Malta. He was the first Asian recipient of the said award.
Through his travels, he was able to meet international stars and personalities like Mariah Carey, Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger, to name a few.
