MANUEL P. UY has been involved in enterprise development and management, including training and mentoring of the Mangyan of Occidental Mindoro for the past 5 years. He finished a short course on Beekeeping from the University of the Philippines Los Baños, which he was able to apply in establishing the community forest honey enterprises in Occidental Mindoro. Aside from providing training and mentoring in marketing, he also takes charge of the layout and design of marketing collaterals, e.g., tarpaulins, brochures and product labels. He graduated with a degree in Political Science from the Ateneo de Naga University.