In 2018, together with her team, the Creamline Cool Smashers, won the championship of the
2018 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference[10] and was awarded best setter[11] and finals' Most Valuable Player.[10] And at the end of the
2018 PVL season, Jia won the back-to-back championships, best setter and finals' most valuable player awards.[12][13]
On August 31, 2023, Morado signed a deal with the
Denso Airybees of the Japan V.League Division 1 as their Asian import for the 2023-2024 season. She is the first Filipina setter and the fifth Filipino player to play in the Japan V.League.[14] On her first season overseas, she managed to help Denso Airybees finish fifth in the
2023–24 Japan V.League Division 1 Women, followed by a championship during the 2023–24 Japan V.League Division 1 Women V.Cup.[15]
Personal life
Morado was born in Manila to Ariel and Hedy Morado. She has three siblings, two sisters and one brother. All the girls played varsity-level volleyball. An older sister, Jessica Katrina, who also played for the Ateneo Women's Volleyball Team from 2007 to 2012, was the one who convinced the younger Jia to pursue volleyball. Her other older sister, Jamie Marielle, played for the
UST Golden Tigresses volleyball team as a
libero.[16] Her brother, Ariel Jr. "Bok", also plays volleyball as a setter for the
Ateneo Blue Eagles men's volleyball team. Upon pursuing volleyball, she became a multi-awarded athlete and a full-time student at the
Ateneo de Manila University where she graduated with degree of
BS in Psychology.[17] She graduated high school at the
Colegio San Agustin – Makati.
She is married to Miguel De Guzman on November 11, 2021, after being in a relationship for six years.[18][19] De Guzman is a businessman who was a former baseball player for
De La Salle Santiago Zobel School. They both attended Ateneo de Manila University.[20]