Cultural Kultivators - Gelaine Santiago

Join us this week as we sit down with Cambio & Co. co-founder and CEO, Gelaine Santiago! Award-winning social entrepreneur and storyteller, Gelaine shares the inspiration and the journey behind the Toronto and Manila based Filipino jewelry company.       In this conversation, Gelaine navigates the nuances of entrepreneurship under our capitalist systems and its potential for activism and social change. Embracing the ethos of her work and leadership, Gelaine is on a mission to build more ecosystems and not empires in a radical shift towards more collective wealth and joy.    Listen for a behind the scenes look at Cambio & Co.’s partnerships with local, Filipino artisans whose work centers modern design and traditional craftsmanship made with locally sourced materials. In uplifting these collaborators, Gelaine urges us to get curious about long held beliefs we might hold that have a more sinister, colonial mindset at play.    Tune in to learn about the haters who inadvertently inspired the Cambio & Co. team to lean into community led conversations and the power of education. In Gelaine’s words, dare to “Reimagine what it means to be proudly Filipino.”   You can connect with Gelaine at www.gelainesantiago.com and on Instagram @gelainesantiago.  To shop Cambio & Co.’s latest products, visit @cambio_co on instagram or https://www.shopcambio.co/.   WHAT IS BALAY KREATIVE?   BALAY KREATIVE is a pop-up Filipino-American arts hub in SOMA Pilipinas, San Francisco, California.   EXPLORE BALAY KREATIVE Website: www.balaykreative.com Instagram: @balaykreative TikTok: @balaykreative Facebook.com/balaykreative Kumu: @balaykreative