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I believe my EOCC business allowed me to reach more people in the Philippines and have a bigger impact than what my family was doing prior because this model of having a business also opens it up to other people to participate. Before it was just you know the goodwill the charity of my family giving whenever we can and that ebbed and flowed. you know, some people lost jobs over the period of time. Our giving capacity wasn't as as consistent.

But with this business, the the variable that's unpredictable but then also beautiful are the people who buy my jewelry. Um, with every event, I always encounter somebody who's taken back by the story. And you never know what inspires people to purchase and support an organization. Uh it is important to me to always be more mission focused. So whenever I do have these events, I don't start off with talking about the jewelry. I always start with sharing the story.

Because for me, the EOCC business, yes, I sell jewelry, but the big chunk of it, 90% of the of why I do what I do is that history with the school, is my family, is um is the is the children. And then also um this desire to want to contribute to food insecurity in my own capacity, in my own way in the Philippines. And so I think that's why it's sustainable and also has reached more people because that variable of sharing your story with others, allowing them to participate even if it's as customers or even just hearing your story and being um and they're being uh inspired.

That's what allows me to reach more people because just like anything good, you can't achieve it on your own, right? If it's something enclosed, if it's something just only limited amount of people can u be involved in, it can only go so far. But if you open it up like a business model where it's scalable, where you can, you know, depending on your own effort, right? Reach as many people as you want. Uh that's where um where you can reach more people.