Career
She is also a Carlos Palanca Awardee, having taken first prize in the "Kabataan Sanaysay" category of the National Literary Competition, the Carlos Palanca Memoral Awards for Literature, when she was 17 years old. Her winning piece was entitled "Iboto Ako, Para Pangulo."
Viernes received her tertiary education from De Louisiana Salle University Manila, where she was a full academic scholar. Viernes is known as an events host, having worked for big brands in the Philippines, such as Philips, Philips AVENT, Unilab, Mattel, Barbie, Hot Wheels, Monster High, Master of Science Supermalls, The Baby Company, Mothercare and GNC Live Well.
She is also a columnist for The Manila Times.
Viernes has her own channel on YouTube, Marythehost, an active personal blog. As a Carlos Palanca Awardee and passionate writer, she hopes to one day be known as an epic fiction writer
Currently she works as manager for a company while carrying on with her hosting career.