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Inha is a brand builder, business owner, entrepreneur, artist and illustrator. Her main focus is making Self-Care and Self-Love Fine Art Prints for the soul. She also illustrates custom-made minimalistic custom digital illustrations. She curates wall art and print designs with a goal of easily upgrading & modernizing any home interior’s aesthetic in a non-expensive way with her unique and free...

Christa Vega a.k.a. slothbender is the visual artist behind #SecretNudes — an illustration series based on consensually sent nudes. Her artworks are centered on figure drawing, womanhood, and the advocacy against sexual abuse. Late 2021, she left her role in advertising strategy to pursue art full-time. E-meet her at our April 30 event, "The Art of Pursuing Your Passion | A Roundtable Discussion w...

#kilig is in the air as we end Q1 of 2022 with a bang!  About the Virtual Blind Date Participants: Daphne Sagun | Daphne Sagun is an internationally published author and a freelance writer. Currently, she's a Communication Arts student at Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila. When she's not busy beating deadlines, she loves to obsess over musicals and playing the ukulele. Vhwincent Kabigting | Vh...

Here's another fun IndieCo debate about whether may should pay on the first date. Share your thoughts about this by sending us your comments! About our Debaters:  ✨ Joana Bartonico [con] Joana Bartonico is a 22 year-old fourth year Speech Communication student from the University of the Philippines Diliman. She works as a freelance writer, tutor, and co-founder of a small star...

About the debaters: For the Con: Ericel Mari is a 19-year-old pre law student who loves playing volleyball, cooking, and modeling. Although she believes that life and love are far beyond what is seen in the surface, she believes looks does not matter. To her, love means having a pretty heart, a pretty mind and a pretty soul. For the Pro: Akio is a 39-year-old single dad who believes looks matter b...

Today, we’re featuring our third and last episode for our Women's Month Special featuring the Chief Executive Officer of Edukasyon.ph, Grace David. Grace David joined Edukasyon.ph in 2019 equipped with more than 15 years of experience in brand management, marketing and sales in large local, regional and global institutions including San Miguel Corp., Kraft, Mondelez and Kerry. As a staunch educati...

The Indiependent Collective presents: Another fun IndieCo debate where chosen applicants tackled the question, "Can Men and Women Be Close Platonic Friends?" For the affirmative team, we have Austin and Kriska. Meanwhile, for the negative team, we have Simon.  Watch the Teaser Trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mERv0Lyzrj0 *AUSTIN CASTILLO is an 18 year old Senior High STEM student...

On this episode, we talk about the power of content creation focused on educating people about STEM with a content creator and advocate for education, Athena "Atcha" Abe. Atcha is a 4th-year Computer Science student, Content Creator, seasoned public speaker and mentor, former Application Analyst, and Social Media Specialist. She is currently the Technical Community Manager of Edukasyon. PH. She is...

Should you or should you not? 💐Catch the teaser trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y1ue2yUy8I&t=84s Connect with us on our channels and connect with our debaters: Socials: Facebook: The Indiependent Collective ( https://www.facebook.com/theindiepend ...) Youtube: The Indiependent Collective ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwQ- ...) LinkedIn: The Indiependent Collective ( https:...

Hello and Happy Women’s Month! This episode is with our first guest for our Women’s Month special, Natalie Barbu. Natalie is an Experienced Content Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the internet industry with a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University. She has garnered over 350,000+ followers through YouTube and Instagram for her personal...

Another fun IndieCo debate where chosen applicants tackled the question, "Can Friends with Benefits Work?"  For the affirmative side, we have Anj. Meanwhile, for the negative side, we have Kaye. Watch the teaser trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyPetuLt-EQ | Like the work we do? Support us in making more! https://indie-co-membership.helixpay.ph Connect with us: ✨ Socials: Facebo...

Pio is a junior in the Ateneo de Manila University taking up BS Management. He has been a video creator since 2015 and has since garnered a significant following on TikTok in 2020 for spreading awareness on religion and education to his audience. His work traverses topics from the humanities extending towards motivational content and personal development. Today, he gives a little insight about wha...

The Indiependent Collective presents: The very first IndieCo debate where chosen applicants tackled the question, "Is it Possible to Find 'True Love' Online?" (watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohzbjGI9s_k)  For the affirmative team, we have Alyssa and Mickael. Meanwhile, for the negative team, we have Jean and Cody. For those that wanted to join that casting call, don't...

Gianna Abao is a graduate of Consular and Diplomatic Affairs with Latin honors from the De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde. Her passion for the arts led her to start her venture in content creation and to establish her clothing brand, Touchic, that aims to debunk stereotypes on women, and help Filipinas embrace their own body frames by accentuating their best features. She's also a content cre...

The Indiependent Collective (IndieCo) presents:  The very first IndieCo debate where we tackle the question, "Can exes be friends?"  For the affirmative team, we have Genilson and Derrick. Meanwhile, for the negative team, we have Raya and Nina. What about you? What do you think about this question? Let us know by commenting on our episode campaign or by recommending us on Apple Podcasts...

Gigiboy is a sensational Tiktok and Youtube content creator. On Tiktok, he creates funny and relatable content, and he’s most known for his “POV” or point of view videos and skits about student life. On Youtube, he shows another side of him by showcasing his interests and hobbies through vlogs. Today, we also want to show how Gigiboy is like behind the scenes as he’s definitely more than just his...

On this episode, Health and Fitness Influencer Dela Kate joins us to talk how important mental health and mental fortitude plays in achieving your fitness goals. Dela Kate is most known for being a fitness, nutrition, and lifestyle influencer with more than 240k followers on Tiktok. In her social media platforms, she promotes an active and healthy lifestyle by offering her followers advice and sup...

Life Design is an iterative process to understand yourself, challenge and reframe beliefs and assumptions about your life and work, and try new ways of living and working that are more attuned to your happiness. If you’re frustrated or confused about life and work, or need to add more life into your years, regardless of where you are in your journey, it’s time to redesign your life. In this conver...

On this episode, Roland tells us his early influences in life, how his founding team conceptualized Kumu (short for Kumusta) and what they see Kumu accomplishing in the future. Along with great insights about personal development and mental health, he chronicles his childhood in LA, California, and how he found his way home in Manila, Philippines.  Roland Ros is the founder of KumuMedia Techn...

On this episode, Lyon Co-founder and CEO Jason Deniega with Business Development Executive Dan Arambulo talk about building their Brainspace Venture to life. From financially bleeding for their startup, walking for an hour to meet investors, to convincing each other to pivot, they went through it all. Now, at four years old, Lyon is a force to reckon with, backed by big-time angel investors and VC...

The wait is finally over! Here is our first episode of the year featuring Alexandro "Xandro" Khemlani. Xandro is the Co-founder and CEO of TaskMango--a company that “sources top remote talent from the Philippines to help one grow their team.” It aims to relieve the intricate and complex processing of not only searching, but also hiring and negotiating potential employees from the Philippines. It i...

Because we want to end 2021 with a bang, we produced this year ender special from our Founding Team and Executives. As we begin a new chapter this 2022, it’s the next chapter for us, too. In the last year, we featured Young Blood episodes from Philippine Daily Inquirer and have partnered with youth organizations, startup and everything in between. When we won our first seed-grant competition as a...

A true gift for avid Young Blood readers and listeners, this year's last featured Young Blood essay is written by our very first featured writer. What's more, her essay reflects what our fellow Filipinos in provinces badly hit by #TyphonneOdettte are going through too, and it also reminds us about one of our great leaders, Former President Ninoy Aquino. Seven years since its publication, here is "...

Leah was 13 when she first went on a road run with her father. Her first road run, at the end of the line, ended as a rather traumatic and mind-boggling experience. She even vowed never to run again. Unpredictably, years later, she still finds herself out in the open road. Find out why in this episode. | Leah Angela Cioco is a ludicrously passionate individual who wears many hats. She produces The...

The sequel to her first Young Blood essay, "Tapping into my mother's mind," this one narrates the dreams the writer has had of her estranged father. | Natalya Patolot is a 21-year-old BS Communication Technology Management student at the Ateneo de Manila University who aspires to achieve her dreams and to inspire those around her. When she is not busy with her academics, internships, and business...