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Dinah Salonga is a dream girl in every sense of the word. A tech innovator in her youth, she made a daring career shift in her 50s. Now, into her 60s, she’s living a literally idyllic life in the province after the pandemic rendered geography irrelevant. It’s the type of life—and her sense of ease—that many of us aspire to have.

Niña Terol is a startup—if you could say that about a person. She is full of grit, always a work in progress, passion-fueled, and raring to go.  She sums up 20 years of accomplishments into a few choice words: communicator, connector, changemaker, and creative catalyst.

Dar Ty-Nilo is the kind of woman you want to be when you grow up. She is a mom, an entrepreneur, a community builder, and the brains behind the highly successful Belle du Jour planner series.

“You’re on mute!” has been the catchphrase of video calls and Zoom meetings. According to Heather, this seemingly trivial phrase reveals a much deeper insight into how people communicate. Heather Hansen is a global communication consultant, founder of the Global Speech Academy, author, and TEDx speaker.

Qin Yunquan was not born to fight. “Being a doctor was my first choice,” she recalls. “Unfortunately, I’m not a great academic person so I couldn’t qualify for medical school.” But perhaps she chose medicine subconsciously because it feels like the only concrete profession where she could express what she really wanted to do: Yunquan wanted to save lives. Unconventionally is a series of stories about people with unconventional brands who are building communities of purpose.

The events that brought Andrea Edwards to where she is today stem from a series of very deliberate choices. The Australian ‘digital conversationalist’ is a woman of many voices: a musician, a content marketing expert, a PR consultant, a blogger, a motivational speaker, an author, a mum and wife and an entrepreneur. Unconventionally is a series of stories about people with unconventional brands who are building communities of purpose.

Camille Escudero does not want to talk about herself. Even when she divulges details of her personal healing or the anxiety moving back in with her mother, the conversation eventually ends with anything but her. But she has a lot to say. Unconventionally is a series of stories about people with unconventional brands who are building communities of purpose.