BuenaFunk
Cultural Strategy
and Consulting
Current collaborations
Executive Administrator and Strategist, Village is Possible (2024 - present)
Training Facilitator and Partnerships Coordinator, Root To Bloom (2022 - present)
Strategist and consultant, Rino Consulting Solutions (2022 - present)
Researcher, Strategist, and Consultant, Seaworthy (2022 - present)
Previous collaborations
Council member, Artistic Apothecary (2019 - 2024)
Project coordinator, organizer, and expeditor, Rooted Recipes Project (2018 - 2021)
Board member and organizer, Filipino American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity (2017-2022)
Program Director, The Cooking Project (2017 - 2019)
Oracle readings for counsel and guidance: personal, interpersonal, cultural and spiritual counsel to guide clients (ages 18+) as they navigate through a time of radical transformation. Readings are offered in person, online video calls, and phone calls with individuals or small groups (maximum 4 people).
Cultural Strategy:
Capacity building: identify client-specific intentions, objectives, resources, and offerings that align with context-specific needs for support
Program Leadership: supporting relationships with funders, partners, and consultants;
Program strategy: curriculum development, program design, and project management to expand technical assistance; developing research and evaluation tools; food and cultural events project curation and implementation
Qualitative research: conducting fieldwork research and ethnography, translating research into practice such as focused group discussions, interviews, and providing technical assistance to sites
Performance monitoring and reporting: data collection, designing performance measuring tools, presenting reports with leadership and multi-agency collaborators
Consulting on Racial Justice, Cultural Studies, and Educational Equity: teaching, training, evaluation/auditing, and workshop facilitation with transitional age youth, adult learners, business management, and administrative staff through in-person, online and hybrid modalities
Languages spoken and written: Tagalog (Filipino), English