26 - Discovering your "ONLY" factor with Jing Lauengco of Jing Inc. and Other Brown Girl

Your host, Aya Shlachter, talks with Jing Lauengco– brand strategist, chief optimist, and female founder of Jing Inc. and Other Brown Girl. To celebrate October Filipino Heritage Month, Aya shares an uplifting conversation with fellow Filipina-Clevelander Jing Lauengco about their inspiring journeys as creative entrepreneurs, how their Filipino heritage influenced who they are, and how their shared passion for creativity and empowering women brought them together. In this episode, Jing also shared her tips for closing major deals with clients and emphasized the importance of handling business by sharing and serving rather than just selling.  As Jing discusses her businesses and personal projects, she also delved into how her early years as a female caricature artist at Cedar Point have made her appreciate the value of human connection and how her battle with cancer taught her to live life more passionately. About the guest: As a young Manila-born Filipina with a colorful imagination growing up in Ohio, Jing Lauengco saw the power of words, cross-cultural connections, and creative storytelling at an early age. Jing's passion for Diversity, Design, and Digital Storytelling grew as an award-winning Brand Strategist, Chief Optimist, and Female Founder of Jing Inc., her design and business consultancy; Other Brown Girl (OBG), her social impact blog for modern, multicultural women and next-gen OtherBrownGIrl leaders and entrepreneurs; and her podcast, Next Thing with Jing, exploring next chapters, new adventures, and real life-work life comebacks.   Entrepreneur, former Design Firm Founder, and Ad Agency Partner, Jing is currently completing a non-fiction book about traveling to the Philippines to trace her family roots while taking a tour through breast cancer.    Jing serves on Literary Cleveland's Board of Trustees shaping DEI Community Programming, and OPAWL - Ohio Progressive Asian Women Leadership, a female-led social justice coalition building intersectional feminist advocacy.    Featured in Cleveland Magazine's 10 Women Who Inspire Us in Cleveland, Cleveland's Most Interesting People - Creative Thinker, StoryClub Cleveland, and ideastream's The Sound of Ideas, Jing teaches women and girls how to find their voice and design positive, self-empowering identities in their own words and own way.    Jing's living the dream and inspiring the next generation of modern women, creative entrepreneurs.   Where to find Jing: https://www.jinginc.com/ https://www.otherbrowngirl.com/ Next Thing With Jing Podcast Jing Lauengco LinkedIn Jing Lauengco Instagram   If you'd like to be a guest on Architect My Life, click HERE.

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