Katya is happily married, a working but doting mom leading a low-key other life with her non-showbiz husband and their daughter.
After Ikaw Lang Ang Mamahalin, and while finishing Anna Karenina, Sunshine played the lead role in the politically themed series Kung Mawawala Ka, which ran from 2001 to 2003.
In the middle of the series, Tanya had to leave the show after her delicate pregnancy with her first child with Mark Lapid.