22/08/2026
LESLIE Javier - Mamuad
A Journey of Resilience, Growth, Entrepreneurship, and Purpose
Leslie Mamuad is a woman whose journey is defined not only by professional achievements, but by resilience, continuous learning, entrepreneurship, motherhood, and a desire to create opportunities that can make a difference in the lives of others.
Professional Achievement
One of Leslie's significant achievements is building a strong professional career through years of dedication, discipline, and continuous improvement. With more than a decade of experience at Epson Philippines, she developed expertise in administration, customer service, data reporting, contracts administration, service programs, tender management, and business support.
Her career journey allowed her to work across different responsibilities, from encoding and helpdesk support to data center operations, customer support, quality programs, contracts administration, and marketing and product management support.
These experiences helped her develop a valuable combination of technical knowledge, administrative expertise, business understanding, communication skills, and problem-solving ability.
Achievement Through Continuous Learning
Leslie never stopped learning.
She developed skills in:
Virtual Assistance
Bookkeeping
QuickBooks and Xero Accounting
Microsoft Excel
SAP
Data reporting
Customer service
Business writing
Negotiation and influence
Events management
Social media management
Canva and CapCut
Product photography
Waste analysis and characterization
Financial accounting
Business administration
Rather than allowing changes in life or career to limit her, Leslie continued to acquire new skills and explore new opportunities.
Becoming an Entrepreneur
Another important achievement in Leslie's life is her transition from being primarily an employee to becoming an entrepreneur and businesswoman.
She developed and explored different ventures under the Soaring Fairies brand, including junkshop and recycling operations, construction, events management, bookkeeping, virtual assistance, property-related services, vehicle rental, and digital products.
Her entrepreneurial journey demonstrates her willingness to take risks, learn from experience, and create multiple sources of income.
Building Soaring Fairies Junkshop
One of Leslie's most meaningful achievements is her involvement in developing Soaring Fairies Junkshop as more than a traditional junkshop.
She envisioned a business that could contribute to:
Proper waste segregation
Recycling
Community participation
Environmental education
Sustainable waste management
Recyclable collection
Partnerships with businesses and communities
Support for schools and local communities
She has worked on proposals, contracts, MOAs, recyclable collection programs, plastic-scrap operations, monitoring systems, environmental seminars, and community incentive programs.
This reflects a bigger vision: turning waste into value while creating environmental and economic opportunities.
Advocacy for Sustainability
Leslie's work in waste management has developed into an environmental advocacy.
She has explored partnerships with companies, homeowners' associations, schools, communities, and other organizations to encourage proper segregation and recycling.
Her goal is not simply to buy and sell recyclable materials, but to help people understand that responsible waste management can protect the environment while creating livelihood and business opportunities.
A Woman of Many Talents
Leslie has also demonstrated creativity through her work in digital marketing, Canva design, CapCut content creation, product photography, social media management, and digital products.
She has explored platforms such as Upwork, OnlineJobs.ph, Gumroad, Raket.ph, and social media to develop opportunities in the digital economy.
This ability to combine traditional business with technology is one of her important strengths.
Motherhood and Personal Strength
Beyond professional accomplishments, one of Leslie's greatest achievements is continuing to pursue her dreams while carrying the responsibilities of motherhood.
Being a mother while developing a career, learning new skills, managing business ideas, and building entrepreneurial projects requires patience, perseverance, and courage.
Her journey demonstrates that success does not always happen in a straight line.
Sometimes success means continuing even when life becomes difficult.
Sometimes it means starting again.
And sometimes it means believing in yourself when nobody else can see the vision yet.
Her Greatest Achievement
Perhaps Leslie's greatest achievement is becoming the person she is today despite the challenges she has encountered along the way.
She has transformed experience into knowledge, knowledge into skills, skills into opportunities, and opportunities into businesses and projects.
She continues to learn.
She continues to create.
She continues to dream.
And most importantly, she continues to find ways to turn her experiences into something meaningful for her family, her community, and the people she hopes to help.
Leslie's Legacy
Leslie Mamuad's story is not simply about employment, business, or financial success.
It is about resilience, reinvention, and purpose.
From a professional career to entrepreneurship, from administrative work to digital services, and from business operations to environmental advocacy, Leslie continues to build a life where her skills can serve a greater purpose.
Her journey can be summarized in five words:
LEARN. CREATE. SERVE. EMPOWER. INSPIRE.
Her story is still being written.
And perhaps the most exciting achievement is that she has not yet reached the final chapter.
