Meet Ysh Ventura: A 16-year-old change maker

The Manila Times

Meet Ysh Ventura: A 16-year-old change maker  At just 16 years old, Ysh Ventura is proving that age is no barrier to making a significant impact in our world. As a Grade 12 student at Multi Intelligence International School and the President of United Nations Global Youth President Philippines, Ysh embodies the spirit of youth activism and leadership.  During a recent discussion, Ysh shared her insightful thoughts on how today’s youth can drive change in society. She emphasized the importance of being informed, engaged, and proactive in addressing pressing global issues.  "Whether it's advocating for climate action, promoting equality, or volunteering in our communities, we all have the power to make a difference."  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net   Subscribe to Business Franchise Guru: https://www.youtube.com/@BusinessFranchiseGuru   Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters  Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes  #philippines #entrepreneur

Transcript

00:00The Business Mentor Talks is vlog by no other, Armando Butz Bartolome, in cooperation with

00:14the Manila Times.

00:15It aims to bring to life and recognize entrepreneurs who constantly strive to create a living for

00:21the community as well.

00:51Listen to the Business Mentor Talks with Butz Bartolome.

01:14It's Sunday again.

01:15This is again Butz Bartolome of the Business Mentor Blog and again over the Manila Times.

01:24This Sunday is actually a very special day.

01:28I always look at my blog as a very special day.

01:32Why?

01:33Because we feature people who are probably not that well-known, but they are a celebrity

01:41in their own right.

01:44So again, we have a very, very young girl who is so much gifted with so much talent

01:57and passion.

01:59And just to give you a background, I attended, we had our PCCI Quezon City Youth Conference

02:08in Novo Tel.

02:10And when this guest of ours acted as a co-moderator, everybody in the audience were just so quiet.

02:24Who is this girl who probably missed, probably did not enter the right venue?

02:33But again, without further ado, let us hear from Ish Ventura.

02:48Ish Ventura, good afternoon, good Sunday to you.

02:52Kamusta na?

02:53Good afternoon.

02:54Good Sunday po sa inyo Tito Butz and good afternoon po sa ating mga viewers.

02:59Hi po, I'm Ish Ventura.

03:02So yan si Ish Ventura.

03:04So Ish, siguro ang una nating pwede mong sabihin, how old are you?

03:13Usually po when I talk to people and I don't really know them for now, I don't introduce

03:21my name with my age.

03:23Sometimes I just want to see, get a temperature check on what do they think of my age or ilang

03:29taon na kaya ako.

03:30So I was testing it out when I was in the conference po and some people said like,

03:35oh you're 23, 26, 21, 19?

03:41But it was very funny because I kept saying no, no, no.

03:44So my real age po is I'm 16 years old.

03:48Wow.

03:49Can you repeat that?

03:51Because we might be, iba-iba yung narinig naming number.

03:54Salamat po.

03:55Ako po ay 16 years old po.

03:59Yeah, I'm 16 years old.

04:01Ish Ventura.

04:03Okay.

04:04So Ish, you are a high school student, right?

04:09Yes po.

04:10Incoming grade 12.

04:12Yes, I'm an incoming grade 12 student po.

04:15I currently study at the Multiple Intelligence International School in Quezon City, Katipunan.

04:21Multiple level?

04:24Oh, Multiple Intelligence International School.

04:29Wow.

04:30So, okay.

04:31Tell me your experience.

04:34Why did you, how did you create that spellbinding effect on us when you started to talk with different entrepreneurs,

04:46people who run a business, and you explored them.

04:52So who is Ish Ventura?

04:56Tell us.

04:58Thank you for your kind words.

05:01I mean, like, it's just, ooh, nakakauspo talaga ng gratitude.

05:07I guess it really just comes from that natural, the natural want to learn.

05:20So that passion, that curiosity you have, and just that strength to satisfy that curiosity.

05:28When I came up to that stage, I was just already so honored to, you know,

05:35just be in such a room filled with pioneers in their own fields and people who have started from nothing to something,

05:42and then this and that, and it was just like, wow, I feel really humbled.

05:47So the way I went about when I moderated for the conference was, parang sabi ko nalang,

05:52because I actually had questions.

05:54I prepared four questions.

05:55Sabi ko, okay, like a week before, I was thinking about, I want, okay,

05:59so the event is Leadership and Innovation on Sustainability and Inclusivity.

06:06So I wanted my questions to not just reflect sustainability and inclusivity,

06:11especially in the entrepreneurship part of it,

06:15but I also wanted to see the experiences of the panelists.

06:19So where did they start, and how did they include all of these advocacies?

06:24Like, was it just something that came about in their journey of business,

06:28or was it something that actually motivated that business or that platform that they have?

06:34So I think it really just came from that passion to learn, and even that humility to learn,

06:42because you think that you know everything, but you actually don't.

06:46And even until now, I mean, you introduced me in such a wow way, which I'm so grateful for,

06:53but I still am a very, you know, like, andami ko pa pong hindi alam.

06:59So I really am just grateful to be in such a position to have access to that,

07:05to be able to experience that and learn from all these people.

07:09So I guess that's also how I started, which we'll talk about in, like, the coming times.

07:16Right, right, right. So I understand you're also an ambassador.

07:20Tell us, wow, you know, grabe ang mga attention.

07:27Ambassador ka ng what? What is that? United Nations?

07:33I'm not the ambassador, po, rather I am the president of, I'm the global youth president

07:40of the United Nations Youth Associations of Philippines, the global chapter, po.

07:46Okay, tell us about this, tell us about this global chapter that you're heading right now.

07:51What is it all about?

07:53So it's the youth arm, po, of the United Nations Association of the Philippines,

08:00which also stands for UNAP. UNAP, po, is the organization here in the Philippines.

08:06It's a non-profit, it's also a non-governmental organization

08:12that really just aims to promote the ideals of the United Nations through just here in the Philippines, po.

08:20So we do this a lot with dialogue with government agencies, with other non-governmental organizations.

08:29And then in turn of that, we create projects that are not just short-term solutions,

08:34but also something that tries to work on long-term solutions for the issues that just come across in society.

08:42How does your person, your age, how do you view what's happening in our environment or the world?

08:55Kayo, I mean, what do you call yourselves? You are millennial? You're not a generation?

09:04Gen Zs. We're Gen Zs, po.

09:07You know, naguguluan na ako. Kasi alam mo, baby boomer.

09:12Opo. Opo. For my generation, po, Gen Zs po kami. Ako po 2007 po ako.

09:20How do you view what's happening around you? Talk about environment, talk about probably poverty.

09:30Sometimes I'm so curious how the young people like you would view,

09:35or are there people like you who probably just say, okay, ganyan eh.

09:41How would you view what's going on around us?

09:46The Filipino youth today is actually very inspiring and very up on their toes with what's happening around the world.

09:57I know as the days pass by, we just see the news and see worse things happen, like it's worse than yesterday.

10:05Sometimes there are news that are better than yesterday, which is good.

10:09But I think that the way that the Filipino youth or the youth today is just going about is we're very forward thinkers.

10:16We take note of what's happening around the world, which is absolutely crazy, absolutely insane, which it shouldn't be happening.

10:27But we don't let it discourage us. We try to do things about it.

10:33And I think the big thing about this is continuous education.

10:37So that heightened awareness and that yearn for awareness and education about even the smallest of things is what really keeps us going.

10:46So the Filipino youth today, there are just a lot of advocacies that we have on our toes, like a lot of topics that we really try to keep about.

10:54I know that mayhaps when you go out of your doors and when you look out your window, or maybe when you bump into someone young at a mall.

11:03Some of our conversations can also be about what's happening around the world.

11:07So, for example, let's talk about climate change.

11:10So climate change, obviously, it's worsened by not just the world.

11:17Obviously, the climate change is natural.

11:20But the climate change becomes worse today because of the human activities as well.

11:26So the use of fossil fuels, deforestation, unsustainable activities, it really does contribute to climate change.

11:33I said beforehand that climate change is natural because our climate is really changing.

11:39But when it changes at an emphasized and weirder level, like it just gets worse day by day and it heightens at not a normal pace, then that's when it gets worse.

11:55So it's not just an environmental issue.

11:59It's also something that can be social or economic.

12:03But let's go first with how it's also an environmental issue.

12:06So climate change, obviously, when the climate worsens, then the world heats up.

12:13It's not just that our sea levels would rise.

12:15Who does that affect?

12:17That can affect our fisherfolk, our farmers, because we're in the Philippines.

12:22And the Philippines is one of the countries, if not the country that's most affected by climate change, at least in Southeast Asia.

12:29I could be wrong with the statistics, but it's something within that line.

12:33Our typhoons get worse.

12:35And we just saw how Typhoon Karina really affected the Philippines.

12:40Biro nyo po, tinamaan na po ang Metro Manila, and we were at a state of calamity.

12:45Now, that's Metro Manila.

12:47That's already one of the most, if not the most, urbanized place here in the Philippines.

12:53And that doesn't mean to discredit na, ah, it hit Metro Manila.

12:57Like, sayang-sayang, dapat yun talagang tinututuhan natin.

13:01Because the typhoons affect all the other provinces.

13:05But I'm emphasizing this because it's the fact that Metro Manila, the most urbanized place, was hit.

13:13And we were put in a state of calamity.

13:15And that just shows how, you know, like, climate change has affected things worse.

13:20Because Typhoon Karina was not supposed to be strong.

13:23It wasn't even supposed to be a super typhoon.

13:25But it only became a super typhoon, like, within a day before it left.

13:31But in your age, what can you suggest?

13:38How can people of your age really make things matter?

13:44I mean, you're saying, yeah, climate change is here.

13:47Everybody's trying to, you know, put their heads together.

13:51But your contemporaries or the youth who are probably listening or watching you now,

13:59how can you now convince them?

14:01Instead of saying, you know, tinindit ba?

14:03Okay lang yan. Okay lang.

14:05Hindi ba yung mga ganun na?

14:07Eh, ganun talaga ang buhay. Hindi pwede, no?

14:09Like, in your case, you're saying, you may be young, but you're listening.

14:13You're watching. You're observing.

14:16So what are the things that people of your age can be capable of

14:22in terms of contributing to what's happening with the climate change?

14:26I think number one is open your eyes and your ears.

14:33Because when you learn about these issues

14:36and you kind of recognize that something's wrong,

14:39then I encourage you to satisfy that curiosity.

14:45Because the more you dig into it, the more you dig into your curiosity,

14:49the more that you're able to, you know, kind of just find out that information.

14:55And when you know more things, there's so much more that you can do.

14:59I think that really is the first step, to educate yourself.

15:01There are a lot of resources online,

15:03which is not just helped out by institutions or organizations,

15:08but even like the youth today, like people from,

15:12I'm talking about the viewers who are probably from the youth,

15:14people from your age bracket, they're taking up the first step,

15:19or they're taking up steps to kind of just open the book for everyone to see,

15:24which is also how we kind of just utilize the digital platforms,

15:28which is so important because it just connects everyone who, you know,

15:31isn't able to have this access.

15:33And number two, after you kind of open your ears and your eyes,

15:36start it with action.

15:38Like after you recognize something, see what you can do.

15:42Because little action is so much better than no action at all.

15:48Your action doesn't have to be, you know, like majestic.

15:52It doesn't have to be, oh, okay, I'm going to start a nonprofit,

15:56or, oh my God, okay, I'm going to create a position paper.

16:00I'm going to create a policy.

16:01It doesn't have to be as majestic.

16:03It can even start by you learning things, you hearing things,

16:07you understanding things, and then helping another understand it as well.

16:13Because education is here not just for us to learn,

16:16but also for it to kind of, you know, like just be spread around,

16:21which is also why you have to be critical with the information

16:24that you seek or you receive.

16:27So, you know, like when you educate yourself,

16:29don't just go to Wikipedia because Wikipedia, you can, you know, edit that.

16:33So go to news sites.

16:34Be critical about the resources that you kind of need.

16:38But, you know, you are more capable, sabi nga, Nelen,

16:42the pen is mightier than the sword.

16:45The power that has changed, you know, the keyboard can change.

16:51Yeah.

16:53Like for example, what I'm saying is that, you know,

16:56you can create a campaign, you know, make people aware,

16:59all ages, people from all different regions.

17:03And it'll really clamor.

17:05You see, I can recall, I don't know if you have read or seen this,

17:10young, young lady years ago from Sweden.

17:15Okay.

17:16You probably saw her.

17:19She did make a difference in her own right.

17:22You know, I mean, I believe she even won the Nobel Prize or the Pulitzer.

17:28Greta Thunberg?

17:30Is that one?

17:31Is this Greta Thunberg?

17:33Are you referring to Greta Thunberg?

17:34Yeah, yeah.

17:35Also, parang magkakareho kayo.

17:38The same genetics ata kayo.

17:41So, you know, I mean, this is something that I'm very proud that we have a

17:47campaigner like you who can really make a difference, you know.

17:52Because really, we keep on hounding and hounding.

17:55We keep on complaining that, you know, the floods, the deforestation.

18:00But you, the youth of today can actually clamor that,

18:06can actually put pressure, can actually influence a lot of people.

18:11Kasi you can feel it.

18:13Malaki yung pag-uunawa ninyo, you know.

18:16Tsaka meron kay mga strategy na can hit the heart.

18:20That's right.

18:23You can even start from your own community.

18:26You can start within your family.

18:28Like, for example, yung recycling of trash.

18:32Probably, the older generation may not have taken that seriously.

18:37But, you know, you guys are saying,

18:39Hey, we also want to live in this planet, you know.

18:44That's right.

18:45Magtira naman kayo ng kabutihan sa modern world.

18:48Di ba? Parang ganun, no?

18:50Yes, I agree.

18:51Mga drama na yan, no?

18:54But actually, you mentioned something about recycling

18:58and how the older generation was, you know,

19:02kind of unable to practice it as much in a bigger manner.

19:06But this is where my other point about climate change comes in.

19:11Because I mentioned how it wasn't just an environmental issue.

19:14It also relates back to, you know, like society and the economy and politics.

19:19Because for one thing, climate change or climate change worsening

19:24isn't just because people throw their trash wrongly,

19:28like in the wrong bins, or people keep using plastics.

19:32But it's also about that, you know, like accountability.

19:35Like, we have to think that climate change isn't natural now.

19:42It should come from somewhere.

19:44And it should be something that should be solved from like where it comes from.

19:47So, for example, those responsible for, you know, like contributing to climate change

19:52should also be held accountable, which is something that the youth is doing right now.

19:57The youth today, actually, there are a lot of organizations,

20:01especially here in the Philippines, but around the world, of course,

20:04that really fight for climate action and justice.

20:09One of them is an organization that I also am part of,

20:12which is Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines.

20:15So, it was co-founded by activists like Mitzy Janel Tan,

20:20who is their international spokesperson, and also Alab Ayeroso.

20:25So, these are people who are actually people who communicate

20:30and talk with like Greta Thunberg and people who are with the community.

20:34Because Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines, or YACAP,

20:38is the Fridays for Future Philippines.

20:40And Fridays for Future is the campaign that was started by Greta Thunberg.

20:45So, what I'm trying to point back is that it really isn't just a matter of

20:50throw your trash properly or use plastic less.

20:55Like, yes, do that.

20:57But we also have to take note that if we want to kind of mitigate the problem,

21:01we have to go back to its roots.

21:03And it's also with the larger corporations,

21:06people who have the larger capacity and share in exacerbating climate change.

21:11So, for example, people who really utilize plastics,

21:15you know, plastics for their products,

21:17or the fossil fuels that are being used, and even energy.

21:21So, the balance, we have to hold people accountable,

21:25and not just really accountable.

21:26We have to make sure that the practices are sustainable.

21:30So, in other words, everybody is responsible.

21:33Nobody is exempted.

21:35Regardless, for example, you can start in your school,

21:40your fellow classmates, okay?

21:42Yeah, that's right.

21:43When you go out, you talk to your family,

21:47and try to explain, and sort of make people aware.

21:51Just talk and talk and talk.

21:53And really, until the clamor echoes throughout,

21:58everyone's own.

22:00So, that's the concern right now.

22:03We cannot just rely on the leaders, actually,

22:09but the whole population should be able to really cooperate.

22:14Like, for example, the typhoon.

22:16You have not seen the places where people would say,

22:20it's not flooding here.

22:22Why is it flooding?

22:23It's not impossible.

22:25Why is it like that?

22:26That's the concern, right?

22:27Some people said,

22:29life is really like that.

22:31Accept it.

22:32We cannot just accept.

22:34We cannot just take it sitting down, right?

22:37That's right.

22:38We have to do something, right?

22:39We have to do something about it.

22:40Yes.

22:41Like, another thing is actually,

22:44wake up your fellow young people,

22:46people who are probably complacent,

22:49people who probably are dead serious with their computers

22:54because they're playing ML,

22:56they're playing video or whatever graphics.

23:00Instead of that,

23:01probably your group can come up with some games

23:05that will really be active for them, right?

23:08Like, okay, I'll do something like that.

23:12ML.

23:13These young people,

23:16Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3.

23:18They'll be surprised.

23:20Yes, environmental change.

23:22Because they're playing games, right?

23:25But tell me, Ish,

23:27I'm sure our viewers are actually,

23:30how strong is the influence of your parents on who you are?

23:37How many siblings do you have?

23:43I'm an only child.

23:45Oh, you're the only child.

23:47Yes.

23:48So, you're not spoiled, are you?

23:52I like to think that my parents have been,

23:56you know, they're amazing.

23:59They give me things that I ask for,

24:03which I'm really grateful for.

24:04So, I don't know.

24:05I wouldn't want to call it spoiled.

24:08But I guess I did grow up happy

24:11because when I was growing up,

24:12when I was younger, I had like,

24:13Mommy, can I buy this doll?

24:15Okay, you can buy it.

24:16But it also came with giving in.

24:19But I guess the influence that my parents have on my character

24:24really just stems from their, you know, support.

24:28I really don't think I would be who I am without my parents.

24:33Not just, you know,

24:34like their support for the things that I do is amazing.

24:39And I'm just really grateful for them.

24:41Because, let's see,

24:44I started young with,

24:47let's put it in public speaking.

24:49So, I started young in my old school,

24:52and my mom would encourage me to join these public speaking competitions.

24:57How old were you?

24:58How old were you when you started?

25:02I was,

25:06I started in first grade.

25:09First grade.

25:10Great.

25:11Yeah.

25:12Okay.

25:13It was like the,

25:14it was the very cute public speaking.

25:16It's like you memorize a poem,

25:19and then you deliver it to an audience.

25:21So, one of my poems was like,

25:26I forgot, but,

25:28I won third place in my first ever public speaking competition.

25:33And then I had around like three more.

25:37In grade three,

25:39grade four,

25:40and then grade six or five.

25:42I'm not sure.

25:43But sometime within that.

25:44I had four poems before.

25:46I transferred to my school now.

25:48So, in second,

25:51yeah, in my second competition,

25:52until my third or second competition,

25:56I won first place.

25:58And then in my last,

25:59I ended with a podium finish.

26:02So, I think that gave me a foundation

26:06with my ability to talk right now

26:08and my way with articulating words.

26:10And I think it just all goes back to

26:13the support my parents have for me,

26:15just pushing me to expose myself in these areas.

26:19And not just with public speaking competitions,

26:22but I guess like they would also bring me

26:24to some of their meetings.

26:26So, even if I wasn't out there,

26:27even if I wasn't talking about something,

26:29just being in a place filled with other people

26:33just helped me become more comfortable

26:35in social settings.

26:37And yeah.

26:40How do you handle your time?

26:46Because you're young,

26:47and the young people,

26:50like for example,

26:53school started with you?

26:54Yeah.

26:56Oh, it's starting on August 12th for me.

26:59Right, some schools are starting.

27:01But how do you handle your time?

27:04Give me a typical time-ish,

27:07a typical day.

27:08Ooh.

27:11This is really funny because

27:14I also struggle with time.

27:17Like, I really struggle with time.

27:20I think it really is just,

27:24you know, like gratification and discipline.

27:28So, I've been trying to find,

27:30ever since I kind of built this,

27:33not lifestyle,

27:35but built what I have now,

27:38like my work, my organization, my school.

27:41I had to find ways on how to balance all of these

27:45while still retaining my own social life

27:47and my own, you know, like me time.

27:50But as they say, you can't balance everything.

27:53So, it really is just a matter of doing the thing.

27:57You really have to prioritize it.

27:59But I really am still just trying to find ways

28:01on how to answer such questions

28:03because I still struggle with time management.

28:07Because, of course, sometimes when I wake up late,

28:12I could have used this time,

28:14like the time that I slept for such a long time,

28:18I could have used that to study.

28:22But it really is just a matter of grace

28:26and discipline slash devotion.

28:29So, my mindset now is

28:31I'm struggling with trying to discipline myself,

28:34especially with I have so many things on my hands right now.

28:38But I'm trying to switch my mindset

28:40from discipline to devotion.

28:42Because devotion,

28:43because this is what I'm passionate about.

28:45I'm passionate about my organization

28:48and the work that I do in that.

28:50I'm also passionate about excelling in school

28:52and not just excelling in school,

28:54I'm passionate about the things I learn

28:56because I'm a humanities student.

28:58So, it's just trying to get through hard things

29:02and pushing through mentally.

29:05Are you like setting too much of your goals

29:09or expectations of yourself?

29:11Are you that type of person who say,

29:14no, I will never accept a no until a yes?

29:20Or success is something that you don't compare with others,

29:25but you just have to be in a...

29:29You want to accomplish a lot of things.

29:32Yeah.

29:33I have that ideal vision of myself,

29:38which is something that I also want to achieve.

29:41But I also acknowledge that it takes so much time to get there.

29:46So, I don't force things.

29:48Instead, I embrace loss.

29:51I embrace failure a lot.

29:53In fact, I feel like that's one of the things

29:56I'm also motivated by

29:58because you have moments where you win,

30:00and oh my God, boy, does it feel good.

30:03But failure just hits harder

30:08because you're put in this spot and you feel,

30:12I don't know, like despair.

30:14You feel, I could have done better.

30:16And you're just in that bubble, that gray bubble,

30:19feeling like you could do better.

30:21That's also, hey, it's an opportunity.

30:24It's your way of saying that there's still so many more things

30:28that you can do because your journey doesn't end here.

30:31There's something more that you can do.

30:33And when you win in whatever, when you have your next victory,

30:37it will feel so much better

30:41because you're going to attribute it back to your loss.

30:44So, I guess I do have this ideal vision

30:47that I want to achieve with myself.

30:49But I also don't set aside the concept of loss and failure

30:53because I acknowledge how important it is in your journey

30:57because it teaches you more than victories.

31:00Correct, correct.

31:01So, in other words, when you experience failure,

31:04yeah, it's part of life.

31:06But it teaches you something.

31:08It's a wake-up call.

31:10But it must be something that you have to bounce back.

31:15You cannot just say,

31:17Oh, I lost. I surrender.

31:19No, it's not like that.

31:20Just give up.

31:22No.

31:24A character of a person is somebody,

31:27yes, I look at my failure,

31:29but I look at it straight, eye to eye,

31:33and I know how to make it better this time.

31:36Again, failure again, do it again.

31:39You know what I mean?

31:40There are many like that.

31:41It's not one time, big time.

31:44Yes.

31:46So, Ish, tell us, what is your real ambition now?

31:51I mean, you're grade 12.

31:53I mean, you're just next step.

31:56Okay, what is the next step for Ish?

32:00What are your plans in life that you want?

32:05Well, the next step,

32:12let's see.

32:13It really just boils back to being in a position to learn.

32:20And I want to achieve that,

32:23not just quality education or quality learnings,

32:27but also to put myself in an environment

32:30where I can just really learn more.

32:32And that doesn't have to be like a next step,

32:36because you can just go outside

32:38and you can already learn so many things

32:40when you open your ears and your eyes.

32:42So, I think it really is just my goal in a formal manner,

32:46going to college and everything.

32:48But it's also not just in terms of academic education,

32:53but also with continuing this work.

32:55What are you planning to take?

32:57International relations.

33:00International relations.

33:02Why?

33:03Why did you ever choose that?

33:07Well, let's see.

33:10It's a way for me to learn more about the world

33:14in just a very formalized manner,

33:17because international relations is all about policies,

33:20international affairs, what's going on with that world.

33:23So, it's seeing how countries connect with one another

33:28or how even problems that the world faces

33:33connect back with country or countries.

33:36So, it's just that form of, it's not just environmental,

33:39it's political, it's social, it's all of these things.

33:44So, it's just that intersectionality of everything

33:49boiled down into one thing.

33:51I guess it's also motivated because of one of the things

33:55that I also do outside the organization

33:57is model United Nations conferences.

34:01So, it's a simulation of United Nations conferences

34:06where you debate about topics.

34:08You get assigned a country

34:12if you're in an international community.

34:15So, for example, you're in the Human Rights Committee

34:18and then you get assigned a country

34:20and then you have to talk about certain types of issues.

34:24And then you talk with your fellow delegates

34:27and then you create some sort of paper.

34:29You call it a resolution and then you present that.

34:32So, it's a mix of not just information

34:34but also research with public speaking

34:36with how to communicate your thoughts

34:40in an articulated manner.

34:42So, all these types of things boil down into one.

34:45Let me toss you some challenging questions.

34:48Okay, sure.

34:51If you were to be faced with Bill Gates,

34:58what would you tell Bill Gates

35:01as a young girl of 16 years old?

35:04What will you tell Bill Gates?

35:08Bill Gates is somebody who is not just the founder of Microsoft

35:12but he's into corporate governance, right?

35:16So, what would you say in such a short period

35:20of meeting this man?

35:25You have the power to empower.

35:29You have the capacity to change the tides for the better.

35:35And if you can help us with what you've created

35:39and with what you have, then for sure,

35:42then we can make the world a bit better than it is today.

35:46So, I guess that's just stemming back

35:49with how much money he has or how much, you know,

35:52like the platforms that he has.

35:54If we can utilize all these platforms,

35:56say for example, Microsoft,

35:59we could utilize this digital platform

36:03not just for campaigns but also to talk with other stakeholders

36:07or to negotiate or network with other partners

36:11about these campaigns.

36:13It's not just with the people who use Microsoft.

36:16It's also with the people who work within Microsoft.

36:18They can create so many things that can be used for the better

36:23and, you know, can lessen all the issues in society today.

36:26Now, when it comes to money,

36:29this is a very complex question

36:32that would require like a more complex answer.

36:36Yeah, he'll probably ask you,

36:39how much money are you looking at, Ish,

36:42to make this movement better?

36:45I will come back, oh, as much money as possible.

36:50Okay.

36:52So, yeah, you know, these are things sometimes.

36:56Because it's for a greater cause.

36:58Yeah, because there are sometimes, you know,

37:00there are times when you always wish,

37:03I wish I can talk to a leader.

37:05I wish I can influence the mind or read the mind of a leader,

37:12you know, to have influence, you know,

37:14to do a silent evolution

37:19of how things should be.

37:22And really, we have seen that, you know, young people,

37:25young people like you probably would have written a letter

37:28to the president of the nation,

37:31and they never expected that the letter would be written.

37:35And just like you, if you ever had a chance,

37:38the opportunity to really meet one of the leaders,

37:42at least you're prepared to what you're going to ask them,

37:45not for your scholarship, perhaps,

37:48but again, something that is really for the good of the community.

37:52That's right.

37:54So, anyway, wow, we had so much fun talking

37:59and so much insights, Ish.

38:02How can they get in touch with you, Ish?

38:06Where can they get in touch?

38:09Have you written a book, by the way?

38:12No, not formally.

38:16I have some drafts, but it's not...

38:19I'm sure it's in your pipeline.

38:21Come up with a book, Ish, you know,

38:24The Principle of Ish, a 16-year-old.

38:28You're not going to be forever, Ish.

38:31You're moving up two more years, okay?

38:34And, you know, you have to capture that uniqueness in you.

38:39For people, for you to be the beacon,

38:42the beacon of light,

38:44and for people to really, you have to exert your influence,

38:48make a better world.

38:50That's right.

38:52So, yeah, I think you should start writing even an e-book,

38:57even an anime.

38:59You know, I mean...

39:01Yeah, I agree.

39:03I wish I'm in your age, you know, years ago.

39:06But, again, I'm so happy that I met you.

39:11So, give me two things as a takeaway

39:15for people, young people, or parents

39:18who are watching this episode,

39:22for them to sort of create awareness on their children.

39:28How is that?

39:29Can you give some advice to mothers and fathers

39:34on how to mold their children

39:38to be like an Ish Ventura?

39:41I feel like there is, you know,

39:45the way that you mentioned that there is a way to capture

39:48my own uniqueness is also a way for others

39:52to capture their own uniqueness.

39:54So, people don't have to mold themselves

39:56to become an Ish Ventura.

39:58And I'm not myself without, you know,

40:01that curiosity, that passion for learning and education.

40:06So, if people are given the platforms

40:09and the freedom to expose themselves

40:11to all these topics,

40:13then I think that can already do something.

40:15To parents, yeah, to parents who are watching,

40:19I started with this because of my parents' support.

40:25And it's not just with them bringing me from here to there.

40:28I was very transparent with the things

40:30that I was getting myself into.

40:32And it wasn't something that I just worked for myself alone.

40:36It was something that I got because of my parents' support,

40:41because of their encouragement,

40:43and because of their understanding

40:44for the things that I was passionate about.

40:47So, please listen to your children.

40:50And I don't mean like, listen,

40:53just have a heart-to-heart conversation with them.

40:55Unlock their empathy and unlock your own.

40:58Because if you're able to give your children the platform

41:01to not do all these things,

41:03but to continuously learn themselves.

41:06And, you know, with all these practices

41:08and with what's happening around them,

41:10then that can already start something.

41:13I know that the world is a scary place.

41:15Reality is scary.

41:17And sometimes you might feel hesitant

41:19to expose your children into these types of topics.

41:22But this being disturbed is what keeps us concerned.

41:29I'm only here now because I'm disturbed

41:32by what's happening around the world.

41:34So even if you're uncomfortable, that's your motivation.

41:39That's what's going to push you to not just learn something,

41:42but be able to do something about it.

41:44And that goes for the kids as well.

41:46Don't ever be afraid.

41:48Don't be afraid to kind of put yourselves out there

41:52for the sake of learning.

41:54For the sake of, you know, just receiving information

41:57and just putting yourselves out there.

41:59Because the world is a beautiful place.

42:01And even if it isn't,

42:03then you have the power to make it even better.

42:06So that's just one of the many, many advices I would say.

42:11And I hope that, you know, like, we can meet,

42:15whoever is like, you know, working through this.

42:17And I hope you feel inspired by taking action.

42:20Because really, advocacy and doing something,

42:24activism in general, isn't just about who the person is.

42:28It's about what the person is doing.

42:33Wow. Okay, guys.

42:36We have seen a young woman with a matured insight.

42:42Okay.

42:43But is she really that young?

42:45How come she's so mature?

42:47You know, like, during that conference.

42:49And really, I'm so blessed that we are, you know,

42:54you gave me the opportunity to, you know,

42:56sort of have the blog with you.

42:59And I'm sure you're a lot of inspiration.

43:02So, yeah.

43:04Ish, yeah.

43:06Keep in touch.

43:07Yes.

43:09Just keep on trusting and make a difference in this world.

43:13Don't let obstacles stop you.

43:16The more obstacles you go, the more higher you should go

43:21in order to aid that giant leap.

43:24That's right.

43:26So, again, I'm really proud of your parents.

43:28And really, I salute your parents.

43:30Maraming salamat po.

43:32I'll let them know.

43:35I'll leave it to them.

43:36You posted something there that you sort of gave,

43:40sort of like a gratitude.

43:42Who is that?

43:43Is that your mom?

43:45Sorry, which post is this, po?

43:47Recently.

43:49Oh, it was.

43:51Yeah.

43:52You said, maraming salamat, Nanay.

43:55Ah, yes, po.

43:56That's my grandma.

43:57She recently celebrated her birthday last July 30.

44:02Right.

44:03She's a motivation in my life.

44:06Do your grandparents influence you a lot?

44:09Yes.

44:10My grandma, po, especially.

44:14Because, yeah.

44:16So, my grandma has always been that firm advocate to eat and sleep.

44:22And I think those are two things that a lot of people forget about.

44:26But it's something that I carry with me.

44:28Because she constantly reminds me that no matter how far you make it in life,

44:33never forget two things.

44:35Eat and sleep.

44:37Sleep early.

44:38Ganun po talaga.

44:40I wouldn't be the first.

44:42Sleep and be healthy.

44:44Kasi maraming mga bata nag-overeating, over-sleeping, and over-diet.

44:51So, they easily get sick.

44:53But, again, you are so fortunate to have your loved ones surrounded you with so much love and values.

45:01So, again, thank you very much, Ish.

45:04And really, more power to Ish Ventura.

45:07Maraming salamat, po, Tito But.

45:09To follow this young girl.

45:11Because she will be making waves.

45:14And I would not be surprised when she probably gets into the global arena.

45:22So, mabuhay ka, Ish.

45:25And be proud.

45:26Maraming salamat, po.

45:27Maraming maraming salamat.

45:29Thank you, thank you, thank you.

45:30Maraming salamat, po.

45:31Thank you, po.

Category

Transcript

Recommended