šHi! I'm Mika. I'm currently:
- in New York/the Philippines
- working on Parallax - withparallax.com
- writing startup lessons & creative non-fiction!
- reading biz books
- creating content, again, maybe
- watching
nothing! tryna read more - listening to Sides Now, Joni Mitchell
- addicted to product-market fit
Bio
Building something new in fintech, specifically building the best cross-border payments product withparallax.com
Previously product lead @ LinkedIn Jobs (if you see those purple āHiringā rings on peopleās profiles, built that and more!),Ā KumuĀ (led the team to product-market fit in the earliest days) &Ā RipcordĀ through theĀ KP Product Fellowship.Ā I started the Filip[in]os @ LinkedIn group & was a Women in Product executive member.
My family and I have basically paid $0 in tuition for my high school and college as Iām a proud Freeman Asian scholar and Philippine Science High School scholar. I graduated B.A. Economics, Psychology, Data Analysis fromĀ Wesleyan University,Ā Phi Beta KappaĀ & aĀ summa cum laude.
I'm most passionate about broadening access through tech in emerging markets like my home, the Philippines & in the rest of S.E. Asia. On the side, I work(ed) on a virtual startup incubator for emerging markets, the first playbook for launching NFTs (as an NFT) & launched a fun social card game.
Nowadays, I'm overloading on coffee & obsessing over payments. Any interesting ideas in crypto, fintech and cross-border payments? Send me a note at hello@mikareyes.com.
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Last updated @February 17, 2024