TEDxTaftAve

Speakers

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• Abby Asistio

  Abby is a singer/songwriter who, beginning at four years old, began experiencing Alopecia, a type of hair loss condition that occurs when the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks hair follicles resulting in partial or complete loss of hair.

• Au Soriano

  Au Soriano grew up to be vice president of a big telecom group and followed by gaining funding to start her own company called Pinoy Travel.

• Jam Pascual

  Jam is a 22-year-old who writes for a living. He works as a contributor for Young Star and an Editorial Assistant for Rogue magazine. On the side, he does spoken word poetry and sings for a band called Imelda. He was also a fellow for poetry at the 15th IYAS National Writers Workshop. But most of the time he's just on Twitter.

• Mark Lacsamana

  Mark is a designer, calligrapher, and problem solver. He has worked in technology and art for the past 4 years and started his design career in high school. He has given talks on design at the Philippine Web Designer's Organization Form Function Conference and has participated in User Experience conferences in Asia.

• Mito Fabie

  Mito is a young artist interested in entrepreneurship, sports, and music, among many other things, with music being his most particular interest of late. Like most of us, he’s still trying to figure out the rest of his life, but for today, he insists on introducing himself.

• Stephen Pamorada

  A lover of history and culture, Stephen has been active in the advocacy of heritage conservation in his city, Manila, particularly in the districts of Binondo, Escolta, and Quiapo. He serves as president of the Heritage Conservation Society-Youth, a non-government organization advocating to preserve, promote, and protect the Philippines’ built architectural heritage. He is also involved in community-based heritage development as member of Kapitbahayan sa Kalye Bautista, an NGO primarily known for its efforts to save a century-old ancestral house called Boix (pronounced boyks) House in Quiapo, Manila. He currently works as a cultural worker at the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).