While watching amateur boxers train at the town plaza of her hometown of Janiuay, Iloilo, she was approached by a coach.

She was eliminated in the first round, with her opponent being Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Annie Albania.

[4] Magno's first gold medal in an international competition was won at the 2012 Taipei Open in Taiwan.

[5] She has also regularly participated in the Southeast Asian Games, representing the Philippines in the 2013, 2015, and 2019 editions.

[2] However the Olympics itself was postponed to next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and had to train virtually with her national coaches from her hometown in Janiuay, Iloilo[8] where she also decided to set up a boxing clinic.