Maurice is a competent economic development professional with a bachelor’s degree earned from Notre Dame University, Philippines. Possessing extensive experience in countryside and micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) development, he worked as a Senior Business Consultant for the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Philippines. With his passion for cultural restoration, environment, and the economy, he founded SOLELead Tribal Footwear.

Five-year Project Goals:

• Creation of footwear lines that represent tribal patterns from other regions in the Philippines, then Asian countries, and ultimately, other parts of the world.

Organization Information: SOLELead Tribal Footwear

Website: https://web.facebook.com/soleleadtribalfootwear/  or  https://www.instagram.com/soleleadtribalfootwear/

SOLELead Tribal Footwear is a fashion social enterprise that up-cycles worn down, unusable vehicle tires and incorporating them with the aesthetic cultural patterns of ethnolinguistic groups in Davao City to further transform them into fashionable footwear products.  The social enterprise aims to develop a sustainable entrepreneurship idea that will showcase how commercially viable business can be in promoting self-determination and financial independence in the development of indigenous communities.