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Woman Up!

EMPOWERED WOMEN, EMPOWER WOMEN

“Woman Up!” Is a safe community for women to express themselves, support and empower each other, started as an event for seafarers’ wives and other women in the maritime industry. It now has its own Facebook community, Instagram and YouTube Channel.

Woman Up! is composed of Tinig ng Marino’s managing editor and United Filipino Seafarers’ national secretary, Arianne Ramirez, media personality Odessa “DJ Jacky G” Rodriguez, psychologist Suzy Roxas, entrepreneur and holistic mommy Isabel Cuerva Kahn, lawyer Atty. Carmela Magpantay, Leyte councilor Hon. Ina Marie Loy, Reiki master Celine Veloso, international jewelry designer Christine Virtucio, social media managers Jesalyn Cano and Joan Yambao and multimedia editor Osman Sardouk.

MEET THE HOSTS

Arianne Blanche Ramirez

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Arianne Blanche Ramirez

Arianne Blanche Ramirez at a young age is already a veteran in the Philippine maritime industry with more than 20 years of experience. She currently serves as the managing editor of Tinig Ng Marino, the official publication of the United Filipino Seafarers, where she also serves on the board of directors as the national secretary.

She has since expanded her reach by establishing organizations and associations like the CF Sharp seafarers wives association, and her latest endeavor, “Woman Up!” which she founded. Always looking to uplift women in the maritime industry, she is always ready to champion the cause of women empowerment, while steadfastly promoting and advocating for the maritime industry as a whole.

During the pandemic, Arianne has focused of establishing her online presence by hosting a series of online shows and podcasts like “Woman Up!“ Kapihang Marinero,” “Usapang Pangkabuhayan,” and “Hello, Marino!” that tackle various issues ranging from maritime news and current events, to personal finance, and other aspects of the challenges faced by the modern woman and the maritime industry.

Out of the need for out of work seafarers and those left jobless due to the economic slowdown during quarantine to find new income generating opportunities, Arianne co-founded Mercado One, an online buy and sell platform to encourage the support for local business to stay afloat by offering their products through direct marketing channels.

She is also a mother of four, a professional photographer and a martial artist.

Suzanne Marie D. Roxas, MBM, RPSY

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Suzanne Marie D. Roxas

Suzanne Marie D. Roxas, MBM, Rpsy is a licensed psychologist with a clinical practice. She is a private practitioner providing services for over 10 years, serving corporate and individual clients in areas of personal development, and organizational development. She is skilled in the identification and management of mental health issues due to trauma. And, has special skills in managing mental health issues in the workplace.

She is affiliated with various Non-government organizations whose beneficiaries are young adults: with clinical cases, including social anxiety, depression, bipolar, and other mood disorders. She is also a People mentor working towards improving well-being in the workplace through interventions using concepts of employee engagement and stress management. She is adept with handling mental issues in the workplace such as productivity loss and absenteeism.

She has 20 years corporate leadership experience for project management and operations teams. Her leadership role are in BPO operations; her product management experience is in a multinational setting. She has been invited to present scholarly papers on wellbeing in the workplace in Singapore and India. She was a university scholar of De la Salle university for her Masters degree in psychology, major in clinical psychology.

Isabel Cuerva Kahn

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Isabel Cuerva Kahn

Isabel Cuerva Kahn is a wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend. Born and raised in the Philippines, educated at the Ateneo de Manila University BSM’89 and licensed to teach Zumba Fitness Classes since 2012. Driven by a very strong desire to provide only the best for her family. Isabel has spent years researching and learning about healthier living and has been very generous in sharing what she’s learned. Isabel has been advocating on healthy living and takes every opportunity to share what she knows on how to tweak our everyday lives to live as toxin-free as possible.

Odessa Rodriguez “Jacky G.”

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Odessa Rodriguez “Jacky G.” is a working wife and mom based in Cebu and Bohol, Philippines. She’s the Visayas Regional Cluster Head for ABS-CBN’s MOR Entertainment. She also pens a weekend column for The Freeman’s Banat News. She’s a wedding and events host, product-endorser, voice talent and sporadic commercial script-writer. She has an overwhelming love for ducks and dogs; and a healthy obsession for self-care, food & frolic.

Celine Veloso

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Celine Veloso

Celine Veloso is a Digital Marketing Consultant, Reiki Master, and Meditation Teacher based in Manila, Philippines.

She gained knowledge and experience in digital marketing through her various stints in telecommunications, MMORPG publishing, and advertising technology companies across Southeast Asia before founding Flourx, a digital marketing and sales consultancy. Notable Flourx partners were Outbrain, Kumu, and Cross Pacific Global.

At the moment, Celine continues to work with Cross Pacific Global as their Chief-of-Staff and serves as a consultant for several Filipino start-ups.

Celine practices Reiki as a divinely-guided path to well-being. She is actively involved in building the community with the goal of making Reiki a mainstream complementary healing modality used in all hospitals and wellness centers. As a Reiki Master, she administers Reiki treatments online. You may book an energy healing session with her through her Facebook page, Celine Veloso Reiki.

She aims to empower and inspire others to live according to their highest good. You may want to follow her Instagram profile @celineveloso for your dose of positive affirmations, self-reflection, and meditation content.

Celine has been featured as a wellness expert by Philippine mainstream media outlets such as Metro.Style Magazine and Wellness 101 TV.

In 2020, she produced and released an album with DJ Arthug entitled, Scrubbing Good Vibrations. Their music is an amalgamation of Reiki-infused, positive affirmations with scratch.

When she’s not hanging out with her 3 younger sisters or in a video call with friends, you can catch Celine hosting online events and shows with Reiki Wellness Manila, Woman Up DigiTV, and Istoryang Futbolero on PopBeansPH.

LINKS:

Scrubbing Good Vibrations: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB4LgcrTQxlT7kmwmeFGptQDbitj9hjjS

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celineveloso/?hl=en

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/celinevelosoreiki

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgCuAiiHuN-F611TFZ5J-9g

Christine Virtucio

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Christine Virtucio

VIRTUCIO – The brand’s signature pieces are made from colorful upcycled single-use plastics, which are cut to pieces, pressed and melted to achieve a colorful, mosaic like and abstract effect complemented with brass framing. Thus called the BURSITA Collection. Behind all these creative and luxurious pieces of VIRTUCIO, is a proud and charming true-blue Boholana. Her story inspires everyone who aspires to excel in their chosen field of expertise. From being a simple lady who enjoyed making trinkets and charms during her past time, she has now successfully turned that hobby into a thriving and sought-after business. She only once dreamed to make it to the Manila Fame. However, her burning passion has earned her a well-deserved KATHA Awards of April 2018, a hallmark of Philippine design excellence through the recognition of product design and innovation, lifting her to join the ranks of the many other designers that are honored by the organising body of the Department of Trade and Industry and the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions.

From then on her dreams have slowly been realized from local tradeshows to going International.