Basic info
| First Name | Allesandra |
| Last Name | Gutierrez |
| User name | allygutierrez |
| Country | Philippines |
| Gender | Female |
| Full name | Allesandra Michaela P. Gutierrez |
| Working languages | English |
Bio
| About | Allesandra is a creative entrepreneur championing Creativity, Community, and Circularity. Previously, she served as the Policy Committee Secretariat of the Philippine Fashion Coalition, facilitating discussions and workshops on policies concerning the Philippine Fashion and Textile Industry. Involved with various women’s communities, she was granted the prestigious Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Academic Fellowship by the Embassy of the United States. As a fellow, she was able to study Social Entrepreneurship and Economic Development at the University of Texas-Austin. For her work with REPAMANA, Allesandra was awarded Impact Entrepreneur of the Year 2023 by Villgro Philippines.
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| Education | University for Peace Executive Education on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Social Change
AUSTIN, TEXAS / UNITED STATES Social Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
Wageningen University & Research WAGENINGEN / NETHERLANDS Circular Fashion: Design, Science and Value in a Sustainable Clothing Industry
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| Significant achievements | BENILDE WOMEN TRAILBLAZER AWARD De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde
Villgro Philippines
UNDP Youth Co:Lab
Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Social Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
US-ASEAN – Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation Program Entrepreneurship and Innovation
SHE-EO
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Business
| Business | Looking for business partners, Open to new collaborations |
| Current employment | REPAMANA |
| Expertise | Project Management, Positive Leadership, Communications, Digital Marketing, Fashion Design, Accessories Design, Community Management, Stakeholder Engagement |
| Motivation for social impact creation | Pushing for my own creative agendas, I am the Operations Director for Repamana. We were able to partner with the Female Jail of Quezon City.. Their jail houses around 600 inmates, 200 of which are trained in different fashion crafts. I have been closely working with them for several months on product development using reclaimed materials. The end product is truly made beautiful by their skills and stories. Getting to know them, I witnessed how poverty pushed them to make certain choices. I just knew the potential impact of our work and how it can change their lives because I realized how talented and efficient they are as a workforce. As a creative fashion social entrepreneur that has worked with a variety of materials and communities, from fabric scraps, food and floral waste and now, women prisoners, I am here to further develop our enterprises and our creative communities to believe in Community, Creativity, Circularity and Chances… second chances. |
| Contributions to the SBC community | With my extensive work experience, I want to foster a collaborate space for fashionable and/or circular creations. |
| Sustainable Development Goals | GOAL 5: Gender Equality, GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, GOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and Production |
Research
| Research | Looking for collaborators |
| Research interests | Ten million tonnes of bedsheets in the United States alone end up in landfills annually. The hospitality industry contributes significantly to this textile waste problem due to the high standards upheld by guests and the industry, which requires textiles such as bedsheets to be in pristine condition. This linear consumption of bedsheets posed significant logistical hurdles for the hotel industry, leading to high storage and collection costs and numerous recycling barriers on top of the environmental effect of cotton production and consumption. In response to this, my primary research focus is on the textile waste management, supply chain of the hotel industry in Metro Manila. |
SBC competition
| Competition: look for projects | Look for new project(s) |
| Competition: look for members | Stop recruiting members |
Website and social media
| Website |