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Hervantage: The Art of Fearless Living

Shirley Maya Tan, The Gawad Kalinga Enchanted Farm

25-May-16 13:00

Hervantage: The Art of Fearless Living

Huffington Post blogger Shirley Maya Tan is a Malaysian single mother who resides mostly in the Philippines. Through her personal blog, "The Art of Fearless Living", she writes about societal challenges, identity and much more. Beyond that, she is pursuing the path of a "Fearless Radical Optimist" by using her fearless voice to truly make a difference in the world. Currently, she is a Social Impact Investor at the Gawad Kalinga Enchanted Farm and is the co-partner of five social enterprises. She has also adopted 10 boys at the farm. They are affectionately known as her "Spartan Sons". Together with her Spartan Family, they are re-defining the meaning of social entrepreneurship, experiential education from the ground up and new world success.


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