Filipina on the Rise (2024)

15/08/2024

✨ I just found this BEAUTIFUL SPOT in Dallas & want us to gather together, dress up, mingle & mix! WHO’S IN? Comment “ME ⭐️” below!

➡️ Here are the details:

What: Dallas Filipinas On The Rise Summit
When: Sat, Sep 28th @ 3-7pm
Where: 📍Design District — (Vauhx Creative: 2285 Vantage Street Dallas, TX 75207)

What to expect:
🍴 Filipino Cuisine
🛍️ Makers Marketplace showcasing Filipina-owned businesses (Vendor spots are limited)
🎙️ Panel of Filipina Voices .aloevera and more!
🎤 Live Show .veronica
🤝 Networking with like-minded Filipinas & Friends

⚡️ See you there!

13/08/2024

Celebrate summer with us in San Francisco!🌁☀️we are SO excited for this Pinay Potluck hosted with our friends & at Presidio Tunnel Tops

the deets!
🌁Date: Sunday, August 25, 2024
🌳Location: Presidio Tunnel Tops in San Francisco
(210 Lincoln Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94129) Parking Available at the park
🕐Time: 1-4pm
💌RSVP filipinaontherisedotcom/san-francisco

Let us know in the rsvp form what favorite picnic pagkain (food or drink) you’ll be brining! Come to meet and mingle with local friends new and old and build genuine connections over a lovely Sunday in the park.

This meet up is FR33!! and all are welcome! Bring the whole family (including your fur baby 🐶)

Can’t wait to see you there💛

07/08/2024

⚡️ Meet Alavia Khawaja (.aloevera), CEO of DatuKutti (), a clothing brand that showcases her rich Filipina-Pakistani heritage and connects her Queens, New York roots with her current base in Dallas, Texas.

🌙🧘🏻‍♀️📸 Alavia also owns Golden Moon Studios (.studios) a yoga and photography space in Dallas. As a dedicated community builder and creative, her work focuses on celebrating and preserving culture and history.

🎙️ We’re thrilled to have Alavia as one of our Speakers at the ⚡️ Dallas Filipinas On The Rise Summit ⚡️

➡️ Join us in Dallas, Texas on Saturday, September 28th from 3-7pm at Vauhx Creative (2285 Vantage Street, Dallas, TX 75207) for an evening of inspiration and networking with a vibrant community of powerful Filipinas and Friends

What To Expect:
🍴 Filipino Cuisine by
🛍️ Makers Marketplace featuring Filipina-owned businesses (*Vendor spots are limited)
🎙️ Panel of Filipina voices hosted by FOTR Founder
🤝 Networking that fosters sisterhood and support

⚡️ Grab your Early 🐦 Tix now before they sell out. Don’t miss this exceptional event! ➡️ SEE BIO

⭐️ Learn how to get involved in our next event ➡️ SEE BIO

02/08/2024

It’s a brat summer and we’re fully on board!💚 join us for our next San Francisco meet up in August. Something we’ve been wanting to do for a long time was host a Pinay Potluck for us to come together in the best way Pinays know how, FOOD, DRINKS & FRIENDS! let’s do this!!

❇️ Date: Sunday August 25, 2024 1-4pm

❇️ Location: Presidio Tunnel Tops Park in SF

❇️ Bring your friends, family, fur babies this is FREE and all are welcome

❇️RSVP filipinaontherisedotcom slash san-francisco

Kat and Ava will be your super fun hosts for this meet up. We are also so excited to collaborate with a local Filipino initiative and introduce to our FOTR fam! Learn more about this rad new travel group at our potluck.

See you soon, San Francisco!🌁🫶🏽

29/07/2024

IG LIVE with Lauren Hoffman at 10:40am PST/1:40pst while she’s in Paris!!! 🏅did you know there’s a Filipina Olympian competing in hurdles?

Join me & Lauren!!!⭐️ ask an Olympian questions & learn all the BTS!

23/07/2024

🔸Are you a business owner or any one looking to effectively communicate or powerfully pitch?
🔸Have you ever watched Sharked Tank and wanted to know what’s going on in the other side? 😱
🔸Have you ever wanted to meet a successful Filipino woman who cuts deals on the global level.. & learn some secrets of success WHILE still helping your community?🌎

Or workshop tomorrow covers it all!

“Hey there, I’m Erika Aquino—an advocate for creating opportunities and championing impactful ventures. With roots in the Philippines and a middle-class upbringing, my entrepreneurial journey began early, shaped by experiences in both corporate and startup environments.

My knack for spotting opportunities and seizing them has led to a series of fortunate events in my journey. I firmly believe in sharing these opportunities, generously leveraging my network and resources to make a positive impact wherever I can.

Today, I’m involved in diverse ventures, from co-owning an award-winning craft beer company to facilitating transformative travel experiences for first-generation college students. As an angel investor, I focus on driving change in wellness, sustainability, education, agriculture, and the future of workspaces, all while amplifying underrepresented voices.”

17/07/2024

If you honestly answered this, what happens after? If I’m honest, it’s the very thing I used to be so good & effortless as: producing content. As someone who has been building a brand off of this, nothing is more jarring than this.. but nothing worth corruption of your own creative process, presence & authenticity

If I’ve observed anything, it’s that people are getting tired. Of .. this funny parade. Putting each other and ourselves on a pedestal. 🤪I’ve heard people feel so stifled because of the social [media] machine

I’ve talked to so many trying to launch into their “next thing” and get SO FRUSTRATED, because they’re bending and twisting themselves into a confusing playbook. Growth, social media and the content/information age can be so loud.

I invite you to do something counter-culture, maybe find some distance and let a new thing emerge. I’m experimenting with something new here and will be offline because of it.

Just remember, you have full permission to suspend for a moment the “Plan” and be open to what’s outside of that

TRUST that whatever comes from that place, when you are still, God is still moving & sees what we can’t

You really cannot control everything

In the past 4 years, I’ve entered into at least 2 seasons of complete surrender and “Wilderness”
1️⃣After a long term toxic relationship and committing to break my patterns and radical self-responsibility
2️⃣Leaving my full time career in tech to go full time into entrepreneurship
And what comes out of that place has been the most important, at times painful in the short term, but VERY important in the long term

The best things can come after you become completely honest with yourself and let go of control❤️

Going into another season of Wilderness soon because I could feel my mission evolving. And I have to let it breathe!

But I just wanted to put this out there in case it resonated with anyone. Have something to share? Join my pod tomorrow🎙️

Remember, YOU CAN TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT🤍

05/06/2024

⚡️ Meet Sarah Vella-Labrador, Digital Manager for and founder of , a vibrant digital space dedicated to advancing BIPOC+ careers.

🎙️ We’re excited to have Sarah as one of our Bloom Talk Panel Speakers!

Join us at 🌸 BLOOM NYC 🌸 on Thursday, June 27th @ 6-9pm at Kabisera West (600 11th Ave, New York, NY 10036) to connect and inspire within our growing community of powerful Filipinas and Friends.

🌸 Theme: RISE & BLOOM – an invitation to fully embrace your Filipina Excellence.
👗 Optional Dress Code: Florals + Filipinianas

What To Expect:
🍴 Filipino Buffet by Kabisera West ()
🛍️ Makers Marketplace feat. Filipina-owned Businesses (*Vendor spots are limited and require approval)
🎙️ Bloom Talk panel of Filipina leaders hosted by FOTR Founder
🤝 Networking that fosters sisterhood and support

⚡️ Early 🐦 Tix End 6/13! Come join us for this unforgettable experience! ➡️ SEE BIO

⭐️ Interested in participating, vending, speaking, or volunteering? Get involved ➡️ SEE BIO

See you in New York! 🗽

29/05/2024

Our Soul Sistehood Summer Workshops continue tomorrow! ✨🇵🇭

Nervous system regulation is key to a happier, purposeful life. By learning to feel safe in our bodies at any given moment, we can have greater access to our intuition, more courage and clarity to go after what lights us up, feel more free from past challenges or future worries, and become more attuned with ourselves and others.

One of the first steps to learning how to properly regulate our nervous systems is to get to know how our unique nervous system works. From there, we can learn ways to support ourselves without being inundated by all the tools, techniques and methods that don’t take individual needs into account. We’ll begin to learn in a shared space together, walk away with a better understanding, and continue self-reflection over the next week.

About our host
Karoleen Decastro .coaching is a trauma-informed certified coach, artist and writer. As a coach, she helps professionals and entrepreneurs remove hidden blocks so they can connect with their authentic values and feel more peace and purpose in their businesses and careers. She does this through powerful tools such as nervous system regulation and somatic parts work.

Tag a friend in the comments who you want to attend this virtual workshop with!💕

24/05/2024

🌟 Calling all Filipina Women in NYC! 🌟

Join us at BLOOM NYC on Thursday, June 27th at 6-9pm — where both Filipina representation and empowerment intersect, as we celebrate together in the spirit of Filipina excellence! 💃✨

Here’s what you can expect:
🥂 Indulge in delicious Filipino cuisine at our buffet, served by Kabisera West ()
🛍️ Explore the Makers Marketplace featuring innovative Filipina-owned businesses, but hurry, spots are limited! (*Vendors require approval with no guaranteed positions.)
🎙️ Engage in empowering talks celebrating Filipina voices and excellence.
🤝 Forge meaningful connections in networking sessions fostering Sisterhood and support.

🌸 Our theme is RISE & BLOOM, which is an invitation to FULLY step into who you are in Filipina Excellence. It’s time to RISE & BLOOM in your voice, your beauty, your story, your dreams, your creativity, your strength, and your community. Come join us as we support and inspire one another within this growing sisterhood of powerful Filipina women.

⚡️ Early 🐦 Tix End 6/13! Join us in NYC for this unforgettable experience! ➡️ SEE BIO

⭐️ Interested in participating, vending, speaking, or volunteering? Get Involved ➡️ Go to Bio!

See you in New York! 💖

15/05/2024

We are awarding 3 SCHOLARS for our 2024 Sisterhood program! We are BLOWN away💖 by the women coming through the doors, the quality & depth, and diverse paths & talents.. and we can’t hold it back!!! At our hearts we know how important community & want to provide accessibility for those who cant join but this can be life changing for them!!

Apply if:
🔸you are a Filipina/x passionate about connecting with her cultural roots and looking for a community of likeminded, growth minded women, to journey with
🔸are an ambitious individual who can use the value of a professional NETWORK
🔸have a lot of love to offer to a community (communication, organizing, participation and relationship building)

This recipient:
🔸will receive: 6 months full access to the Sisterhood and all the workshops, discussions, peer mentoring, events
🔸is excited to participate discussions, workshops, and community engagement
🔸is someone who LOVED to foster bonds within a community and finds creative ways to do it

Fill out by Fri5/17⏱️11:59pst!

10/05/2024

Hi we’re Krystl & Kat! We are SO in AWE of all the new women coming in & joining the Sisterhood!! 😭😭 doors are closing TONIGHT & we hope you can experience the magic with us!!😍 (comment ME if you want an invite💌)

Both of us grew up not very connected to our heritage, as a 1st/2nd gen kids who assimilated to our American surroundings, have backgrounds working in tech companies/start ups, we only recently started asking these questions, “what does it mean to be Proud to be Pinay?”

We found so many women of the Diaspora ask the same thing! What we love about this community is its from ALL walks of life, industries (business, finance, tech, arts, design, gov, etc) coming together, having relationships, ideas, healing talks & leveling each other up!!!💥

Many podcasts, events and many discussion groups later, we built the 🌸Sisterhood🌸 a one of a kind NETWORK where we can really dig in our roots & GROW together

Comment ME! If you want an 💌 !

If you are
🔸tired of feeling alone and want to have a like-minded circle who can relate to your cultural experiences
🔸wondering about your history & heritage, and wanna do it with other ‘journeying’ women🌸
🔸wanting to be surrounded & SUPPORTED by a prestigious, inspiring community of Filipinas
🔸desiring to be PROUD of who you are & have friendships that elevate you!
Join us!!

We hang out WEEKLY virtually so no matter where you are in the world 🌍 you can be supported by your sisters💛

We close TONIGHT 💖💖💖 hope to see you!!!

09/05/2024

Sisterssss are already filling our castle!! 🌸🏰 Doors closing soon. You coming?
▪️ Are you on a journey of reconnecting with your Filipino identity and roots
🔸Are you diving into a calling, as a creator, entrepreneur, creative, social impactor or simply as your most authentic self
▪️Are you seeking a community of Filipino women who share your experiences, culture, drive and are on the same path of discovery & growth
🔸Are you craving authentic relationships, a sense of sisterhood, where you can join safe spaces that welcome vulnerability and soul-filling conversations?

Join us! Hang out with me & other women WEEKLY ☀️Filipino women are rising, all around the world and it’s time we link arms and journey together

Which workshop date are you most looking forward to? Tell me below ⬇️ and I’ll send you a special invite code!

Love, Krystl & Kat

09/05/2024

🌸We begin tmrw!! *ADDED W0RKSH0PS ALERT!* Get in the Sisterhood, women are coming in and we’re closing soon!!🌸
Nothing but the most stellar topics & line up for y’all
Which one are you looking forward to?

09/05/2024

🌸We begin tmrw!! *ADDED WORKSHOPS ALERT!* Get in the Sisterhood, women are coming in and we’re closing soon!!🌸

Nothing but the most stellar topics & line up 😍

Which one are you looking forward to?⬇️

09/05/2024

We begin tmrw!! *ADDED W0RKSH0PS ALERT!* Get in the Sisterhood, women are coming in and we’re closing soon!!🌸

Nothing but the most stellar topics & line up for y’all

Which one are you looking forward to?

02/05/2024

hi👋🏽 i’m kat and this is my pinay story. i didn’t start my journey of Filipina self discovery until my late 20s. Up to that point, I was cruising along in life assimilating and seeing my Filipinaness as secondary.

for the past few years, I have been on this path of growth, discomfort, learning, and showing up for myself with the intention of re-defining what it means to be to be Filipina. It feels even more important now in this season of my life where I am hoping to grow my multi-cultural, bi-racial family.

I would love to hear your story and know how you came to find this path of re-defining your Filipina/x self. 🌱Where are you in your journey?

Hope to see you at the soul sisterhood today🤎🌺

Ps Happy AANHPI AND mental health awareness month! These two seem so interwoven it makes me think, was this planned?!

01/05/2024

Who here feels like they struggle with the balance of self-care and community care? Which Self-Care & Community Care bullet do you most resonate with?

Join me today for an IG Live today at 1:30pst where I interview Lia for this! is a Licensed Therapist, Speaker and speaks a lot on relationships, balance and things faced by communities of color/immigrant backgrounds☀️

Then join me & Lia for her exclusive workshop where we get the tools to practice this in our lives and DISCUSS with each other

➡️ How to sign up for this? Join the Filipina Soul Sisterhood to get access to this and ALL our sessions& discussions! (link in bio)

26/04/2024

New Epi Alert! 🎙️ Get insight into the very real struggles of POC entrepreneurship, burnout, and the obstacles faced when scaling a company. Gina talks about accepting success and the mindset surrounding money. Exploring the thought provoking idea of finances in an echo-chamber of scarcity. Find out what Gina’s plans are for the future!

Through , Gina is curating an event that encourages Communities of Color to recognize that a beautifully curated event is inherently deserved. The focuses on diversifying the food and beverage industry and uplifting local creatives and entrepreneurs of color. Use code FOTRFAM for 20% off tickets!

Gina Mariko Rosales is the founder of and , as well as the Co-founder of and Balay Kreative. As a Filipino Japanese American entrepreneur, events enthusiast, efficiency nerd, dancer and nonprofit advocate, Gina is looking to create magical, meaningful moments that help remind us of the beauty and interconnectedness of life.

⁉️How are you seeing an Echo Chamber or Scarcity in the Filipino community?

Thank you to our sponsors of this episode:

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26/04/2024

It’s HERE!!! The long awaited Filipina Soul Sisterhood. is back!! And people are already joining!
If you have been wanting:
🔸a circle of likeminded, high-vibing Filipinas who are also on a journey of reconnection & RISING
🔸to dig deep into your roots, decolonize and determine what’s next?
🔸to have honest & healing discussions about our experiences
🔸a network, support system, a mentor, a business partner, a friend !

This is for you! (This is virtual!)
What does it look like? Hang out EVERY THURSDAY with me and other new sisters 💖
- discussion circles, workshops, classes and friendships that make you proud to be Pinay

Comment ME if you want the deets!!⬇️

PS see the upcoming virtual events in our bi0link and join us today!

26/04/2024

It’s HERE!!! The long awaited Filipina Soul Sisterhood. is back!! And people are already joining!
If you have been wanting:
🔸a circle of likeminded, high-vibing Filipinas who are also on a journey of reconnection & RISING
🔸to dig deep into your roots, decolonize and determine what’s next?
🔸to have honest & healing discussions about our experiences
🔸a network, support system, a mentor, a business partner, a friend !

This is for you! (This is virtual!)
What does it look like? Hang out EVERY THURSDAY with me and other new sisters 💖
- discussion circles, workshops, classes and friendships that make you proud to be Pinay

Comment ME if you want the deets!!⬇️

PS peek the upcoming community events in our bi0link and join us today!

25/04/2024

Ok I did some research & reflecting. Have you ever been asked to share where you’re *actually from?* Have you gotten to use it in a way to positively shape perceptions and exchange the unknown histories & richness of your culture?

Read my latest blog post where I share how I found myself unfolding into this and making friendships along the way, people that leaned in to LISTEN more and and LEARN.

Because when you do the research and reflection on your heritage, the decolonizing of your history and are able to share the Excellence of the women, the artists, the leaders, in your community that you work with, it changes perceptions & inspires others 💛

Does anyone wanna have conversations about questions they’ve been asked about where they’re from, dismantling stereotypes, and how they’ve overcome it to elevate their culture?⭐️
(Comment ME!)

If you join the Filipina Soul Sisterhood, you can enter a community of likeminded women who are discovering their roots, having HONEST vulnerable discussions like the one above, and helping each other Rise, prouder then ever.

19/04/2024

Who’s excited😻 Have you been wanting to find a network of other like-minded, creative, entrepreneurial Pinays who are all about reconnecting with their roots and rising together? The Filipina Soul Sisterhood is here for you 💛

Hang out with me and other sisters every Thursday!!
Doors close in 2

Check out our upcoming sessions and imagine yourself thriving with other sisters beside you 💖

16/04/2024

The long await Sisterhood. is. comin back!!!
If you have been wanting
🔸a circle of likeminded, high-vibing Filipinas who are also on a journey of reconnection & RISING
🔸to dig deep into your roots, decolonize and determine what’s next?
🔸to have honest & healing discussions about our experiences
🔸a network, support system, a mentor, a business partner, a friend !

This is for you!!
Hang out EVERY THURSDAY with me and other new sisters 💖

Spots are limitd so don’t miss out this Friday :)
(Pssssst if you come to our networking party on Thursday you get early 🐦)

11/04/2024

ONE WEEK AWAY ✨

Our networking/referral party already has over 50+ sign ups. Don’t miss out on this free opportunity to expand your network, find your next opportunity, or connect with other Filipinas walking the same journey as you. Plusss some goodies:

• Wish you had a community of mentors, likeminded Filipinas, and resources to help launch you into your personal, career, or business goals? We’ll be hosting a giveaway for our exclusive, curated membership, Filipina Soul Sisterhood launching next month (seats are limited)
• Are you a business owner looking to expand your reach, convert your audience, or establish your brand? FOTR’s Head of Content/Marketing will be giving free brand audits to attendees who are business owners plus limited discounts on marketing/branding packages.

Sign up via the link in our bio, and tag your Filipina tribe so they can join too 🤍💛🤎

08/04/2024

When you visit the Philippines, you can see the remnants of matriarchy in society. The way pregnant women or women with babies are given different or express lines in certain public settings, the way security guards or passer byers are eager to help a mom open her payong (umbrella - Tagalog) when holding her children and scrambling in the rain. Or even how the Philippines has had two female presidents in the past.

Sometimes these values can get lost from us, our parents, or our grandparents trying to navigate society in patriarchal societies in the diaspora. Or just navigating making it work for our families in unfamiliar places. Being able to uplift other Filipina women at different stages of our lives - in our career paths and business ventures, in motherhood, in juggling the often duality of our lives and being multifaceted women — that’s how Filipina on the Rise reclaims and honors our inner matriarch 🤍💛🤎 in what ways do you honor and reclaim your inner matriarch?

05/04/2024

*date correction for Vancouver event* Some exciting things in the works this month 🤩

We’ll be sharing something exciting happening on April 16th 🤫 and if you haven’t already, sign up for our virtual networking/referral event on the 18th. Share this with your Filipina soul sisters so they can join too 🤍

05/04/2024

Some exciting things in the works this month 🤩

We’ll be sharing something exciting happening on April 16th. And if you haven’t already, sign up for our virtual networking/referral event on the 18th. Share this with your Filipina soul sisters so they can join too 🤍

02/04/2024

I’ve left the church 3 times in my life. It was not because I don’t believe in God, I’ve always had a profound personal connection with God since I was a little girl. I’ve led on worship teams, I’ve seen miracles in my life and others. Ultimately, my Faith has played a huge role.

But I’ve had to allow myself to question. To deeply search, whenever the walls of the church and blind routine start to feel suffocating.

Growing up Seventh Day Adventist (Christian) and Filipino culture where I often heard “God’s will” - I’d question why we don’t question. I remember in high school when I begged for help from intense OCD/insomnia and kept hearing “just pray” MAN that would be a slap. Then I was sexually assaulted in college and felt betrayed by my God who was supposed to watch me.

the 1st time I “left” was in college, the 2nd time I was in a very destructive relationship and then some well-intentioned leaders in the church tried to “rescue” & fix me and this EFFd me up🤪 and the 3rd time was to explore spiritualtity and pre-colonial Philippines because it felt conflicting that Christianity was brought to us by colonizers.

And honestly I was sick of the self-hate and shame I carried with me so much of my life that I felt enforced by an condemning figure (now I know God’s love is opposite, it is grace-giving and has been life changing for me)

Letting myself “lose my religion” to find God and find Me has been necessary, its led me to odd places (literally) but ultimately strengthened what I believe in. I am a believer of Jesus Christ, but it’s been a very personal path.

My question: What is your experience with Faith, the church? What religion did you grow? have you experienced church hurt?

I want us to be real that the Cross was a tool by Colonizers but its ironic, because people have also found Gospel of peace and freedom. That there is religious trauma passed down and why people feel connected more with Precolonial spirituality, animism, etc. strange. What do we do?

I’d like to share my story soon.. but first would like to listen♥️

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