When we get a seat at the table or gain any kind of influence, it is our responsibility, even in our own little way, to ensure that other women also get their seats, get their voices heard, and get their paths illuminated. In the way that a rising tide lifts all boats, when women champion women, lifting each other ensures empowerment and success for all.

Rissa Mananquil Trillo is a UN Women Champion and a vocal advocate for women empowerment and gender equality since 2020. This award-winning entrepreneur is regarded as a pioneering force in homegrown beauty businesses as the co-founder of Happy Skin. Awarded Woman Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017 by EOY Philippines under Ernst & Young, she is also the author of the best-selling book Read My Lips: What It Takes to Build a World-Class Homegrown Brand. She has an Executive MBA from the Asian Institute of Management and is a Business Sustainability Management alumni of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.