Values are easy to state and hard to keep. I've spent over 12 years building the rooms and ecosystems that keep them — across global business, federal policy, and grassroots organizing.

For six years, that lesson has played out at global scale as a founding member of Rare Beauty and the Rare Impact Fund's social impact team — catalyzing over $35M toward youth mental health, shaping national policy through the first-ever White House Youth Mental Health Action Forum, and translating research alongside world-class experts into flagship summits reaching 688K live viewers and free, culturally responsive resources millions of people can actually use. I'm also the founder of InHerShoes, a nonprofit built on the belief that courage is a practice, and host Imaginal Goo, a podcast for people finding power in their becoming.

My path has been deliberately interdisciplinary. Drawing on my lived experience as a first-generation Filipino-American, formal training in philosophy and law, and a master's degree in Digital Media Management with an emphasis in technology, media, and entrepreneurship, I walk into each room with the same commitment: turning what people value into what they actually build. From brands to nonprofits, institutions to civic engagement, this grounding shows up in my impact strategy, DEIB practice, and advisory work guiding small business owners through practical, ethical AI adoption. I work with and advise organizations and leaders on turning values into durable strategy,

From working with civic leaders such as former White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, social enterprises such as Ashoka, media agencies for good such as GOOD Worldwide, to disruptive brands and global celebrities such as Rare Beauty and Selena Gomez, I work alongside change agents at unique intersections poised for social impact, encompassing innovation and inclusion.

My throughline is simple: I create the conditions for people to feel safe enough to transform and values to scale — through conversation, community, and the intentional work of building things that last.