MANILA, PHILIPPINES– Women who love coffee come in all shapes, forms, and archetypes. You don’t have to be a specific age or occupy a certain profession— that rich, steaming hot cup is for everyone to enjoy. But there is a question we’d like to know the answer to, and it’s this: do women who love coffee really know what they want, and do they actively pursue it? Well, we should think so.
Meet Rosario Juan, a coffee-lover who knew what her passion was and took it one step further. As a teen, she interned for a coffee company where she started to foster dreams of opening her own café. In 2013, it became a reality with Commune Café + Bar located in Makati.
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Commune Café + Bar was one of the earliest third-wave coffee shops in the city that focused on local coffee. Going against the grain of large coffee chains and Western menus, Rosario created a space for local coffee lovers to gather and learn more about Philippine coffee.
Aside from being a social media strategist, she is also a member of the International Women’s Coffee Alliance and works closely with the Philippine Coffee Board Inc., helping provide educational and livelihood support to local coffee farmers. Since the pandemic, Rosario has helped launch and operate Frontline Feeders Philippines and grow the “Coffee Home Brewers” community, now 23,000 members strong.
In celebration of Women’s Month, Rosario will be sharing her story and more in the upcoming adobo Talks “adobo She Creative Breakfast: an intimate conversation over breakfast with women in creative”, the first event under the Adobo SheCreative Network. The session will feature a lineup of outstanding women leaders who have made their mark in their creative industries in an insightful morning session on what it takes to lead their respective fields.
Rosario is set to speak at the upcoming event with her keynote session: “Pandemic Grind: Entrepreneurship, Coffee, and Corona”.
Leading our sessions would be McDonald’s Philippine’s Managing Director, Margot Torres “Choose to Lead: Women Leadership.
Moderated by adobo magazine’s EIC Angel Guerrero on Facebook Live, the adobo SheCreative Virtual Breakfast shines the spotlight on six women who fearlessly took on their industries in the creative world. Get to know the individuals cooking up a storm in the morning of March 23rd.
The event will be followed by sessions from:
- Isa Lorenzo, Gallery Director of Silverlens Galleries | “Who Wants to be a Gallerist?”
- Rita Nazareno, Creative Director of ZACARIAS 1925 | “Craft + Creation”
- Raxenne Dosher Maniquiz, Graphic Designer & illustrator | “Beginning, Middle, and Endemic: My Illustration Journey with Flora”
- Rosario Juan, Social Media Strategist, Cafe Owner, Coffee Roaster and Cat Lover / founder, Commune Café + Bar | “Pandemic Grind: Entrepreneurship, Coffee, & Corona”
- Merlee Jayme, Global President, dentsu mcgarrybowen “WFH: Women From Home”
The virtual program will go live via Facebook on Tuesday, March 23, 2021, from 9:00am – 12:00pm PHT+. First 150 RSVPs get vouchers and freebies from our partners. Register for free here.
Our first session is co-presented by Lazada, H&M, McDonald’s, and Johnson & Johnson. Our streaming partner for this event is Kumu. Our segment partners are: FlowerStore.PH, Belle De Jour, Jacob’s Creek, and Bahn Mi Coffee.
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Virtual Breakfast Session on What Women Do
adobo magazine, the word of creativity be launching their new initiative, the adobo SheCreative Network, on March 23, 2021, with a virtual session themed, What Women Do. A full morning session with talks from influential women in the creative industries who will share their insights and experiences on what it takes to be at the helm of their respective industries.
About the adobo SheCreative Network
adobo SheCreative Network is a social enterprise, that champions women in Creative, in Business, and in Society. The organization supports and empowers women by recognizing their creative talent, enhancing their creative capabilities, as well as, celebrating their achievements. A network of talented women, creative entrepreneurs, both in leadership roles and aspirants. Women with the passion, skills, and influence to impact positively on the creative industries, culture, business, communities, and on future generations.
Uplifting Women in Creativity the world over. #adoboSheCreative
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