How 1 ex-Google employee is creating more opportunities for Filipino women
If you are seeking a conference in your field or industry, there are a thousand and one to choose from. There are conferences for virtually every subject area you can imagine.is a Filipino and Japanese American, and former Google employee who realized that as a budding female entrepreneur of color, there needed to be more conferences that made her feel supported and encouraged and that provided women of color the career guidance that is necessary to create a thriving business.
: My name is Gina Mariko Rosales…I was born in the Bay Area…second generation. My background is, I’m Filipino and Japanese American…I started working in the non-profit sector, I was a dancer, I used to run my own non-profit dance company and work in the non-profit world and then I actually went on to work at Google. Thought I’d only stay for a one-year contract and ended up staying for about seven years.
…we’re an all-women of color event planning team, based in SoMa—the Filipino cultural heritage district, and that’s kind of the root of a lot of the big events and community work that I’m doing now.: As a first-generationer as well, I understand that sometimes our families put an excessive amount of pressure on us to succeed.
That experience, finding this word…I was really drawn to building community around that because when I started my business, I only knew two other Pinay entrepreneurs that I could look up to…and that was tough.
One of our biggest success stories so far in the past two years is, this beautiful woman…who owns a CBD and wellness company called, she was actually a scholarship recipient. We do an aspiring entrepinay scholarship and it’s like, there’s no age limit because you can start a business at any age.
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