Carisse Escueta, Executive Director

A dreamer and a former preschool teacher, Carisse believes this nation can be changed through music. Carisse recently finished a course in Event Management at San Francisco State.

Kathrina Sta. Maria, Operations Director

Trina is passionate about design, travel and cuisine. She has served many years in the training industry, working alongside the country’s experts on leadership and excellence. She has an economics degree from De La Salle University.

Cheryl De Leon, Finance Director

Cheryl is a reliable teamplayer whose auto-pilot is to work hard. She finished her Masters in Business Administration at the Ateneo Graduate School of Business and is a consultant for ADB. She is always surrounded by boys – a teenager, a preschooler and a wonderful husband.

Vin Dancel, Project Director

Vin loves his family, enjoys making music, and has a passion for developmental work. He’s also a lawyer by day, musician by night.

Lizette Claudio, Press Relations and Marketing Director

Liz has extensive experience in media and the music industry, having worked on various productions, promotional campaigns, and publications for MTV and Summit Media. She loves kids, cartoons, and empty spaces that can be doodled on.

Aurora Morales, Art Director

Rory is a multi-media hybrid who takes care of Republikha’s visual identity in print and online. She writes and illustrates stories for kids and teens. She loves to go a-wandering around Philippines and SouthEast Asia with her knapsack on her back.

Jorel Corpus, Artist Liasion

Jorel is a musician who loves the thought of great music influencing the lives of young kids and how that music will teach them basic life lessons. He is excited that the kids who experience Republikha’s projects will end up being ultra dynamic and bursting with personality. In 2007, he was the only Filipino musician who was accepted into Boston’s Berklee College of Music.

Coco Castro-Cruz, Fundraising Assistant and Gawad Kalinga Liasion

Coco is a Filipina nation builder who is passionate about music, design and teaching children. She’s also wife to mission worker Loleng, and mother to 2 year old Sining. Coco has a degree in Arts Management and Communications from the Ateneo.

Jed Escueta, Visual Director

Jed is a visual artist who has exhibited in Hong Kong and Singapore, as well as the United States. His latest work, an 8-foot dinosaur covered with tiny photographs, has astounded young and old alike! Jed has a Fine Arts degree from the University of the Philippines.

Anthony N. Pangilinan, Director

Anthony is the President and Chief Disturber of Businessworks, Inc. He is a well-known and highly respected motivational speaker, an Ulirang Ama and Huwarang Ama awardee, and is husband to Maricel Laxa-Pangilinan with whom he has 4 children.

Tina S. Zamora, Director

Tina is the Directress of progressive school Nest School for Whole Child Development in Quezon City. She has a Master’s degree in Family and Child Life Development from UP Diliman and loves photography.

Gang T. Badoy, Director

Gang is RockEd’s superwoman and all around anti-apathy champion who has brought multitudes together to declare “No More Excuses, Philippines!”