Jasemin Sibo Ho

Jasemin Sibo was born and bred in Ipoh. Her origin is from Guangzhou, China and is of Canton origin. Her late mother was born in Guangzhou during the Chinese Civil War and was a talented artisan. Her father, gifted with a historian mind has roots in Zhongsan village, the birthplace of Dr. Sun Yat Sen the Father of Modern China who toppled China’s Dynastic era. Jasemin’s maternal grandfather Cheong Chee was one of the business pioneers in Ipoh during the tin mine boom.

Jasemin spent her formative years in idyllic Ipoh where she completed her primary and secondary school years. She was also a school prefect and played an active role in the Girl Guides Movement. Her love for the performing arts and linguistics faculty saw her competing at inter-school Guiding & Scouting events. She holds a Master of Commerce degree specializing in International Business with the University of Sydney.

Jasemin was a banker with American Express Inc. in Sydney, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur offices for 5 years. She was also a pioneer in two Malaysian GLCs namely TalentCorp and Multimedia Development Corporation, Cyberjaya. In 2013 she joined Mediacorp Pte. Ltd. in Singapore and performed brief stints as a TV talent for the Fullerton Bay Hotel commercial and Channel NewsAsia’s Money Mind program. It was during this period that inadvertently propelled Jasemin into the international media limelight as an International Author with the publishing of Epiphany by Penguin Randomhouse (USA and UK).

Jasemin's second book Zhu Pearl is a bilingual novel based in Ipoh. It is a personal tribute to her late grandmother, mother and surviving nanny and to honor Chinese women all over the world for their sacrifices made. China Daily kindly translated it into Chinese entitled 异乡的珍珠. Her third book Henna: The Dancer from Cambodia is a fantasy narrative poem which was made into a short film in collaboration with New York Film Academy.

In all her creative endeavors, Jasemin weaves in Chinese cultures and symbolism to honor her roots.