Born and raised in the Philippines, Jonel Factor is a designer with a wide range of skills. He graduated from De La Salle College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) in Manila with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Production Design.

Jonel recently completed his Master of Production Design (Stage) at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), where he designed costumes for 'Spring Awakening' (dir. Petra Kalive), and set design for 'A Very Expensive Poison', (dir. Katy Maudlin).

Jonel interned with Dann Barber on Malthouse's stage production of 'Macbeth (An Undoing)', as well as with Jacob Battista on 'The Children Bach' (Lyric Opera of Melbourne), 'La Boheme' (Melbourne Opera), and 'Rhinoceros' (Spinning Plates Company).