Ma. Imelda G. Urata

MA. IMELDA G. URATA or Maia has been working on community-based enterprises for more than 7 years. Her expertise is in community enterprise organizing, product development (especially in developing processed food products), enterprise development training, mentoring and marketing. For the past 4 years, she has been assigned in Mindanao, working with the Higaonon tribe in developing their enterprises. She graduated with a degree in Computer Engineering. She finished the modular course on Social Enterprise given by Philippine Social Enterprise Network (PhilSen) and trainings on enterprise development, financial management, value chain management and product development, gender sensitivity, ecology, disaster risk reduction, negotiation skills and resource management.