935: Stay Curious With Charmaine Ramirez
Charmaine Ramirez spent the first decade of her career working in higher education and talent recruitment, helping students find direction, supporting new immigrants through career transitions, and partnering with organizations to build strong teams. Through that work, she developed a simple belief: behind every strategy, hiring decision, and business move are people shaped by their experiences, values, and environment. Understanding those human factors is what makes meaningful collaboration possible. Today, Charmaine is the founder of Pwrforward, a community-driven incubator supporting Filipino entrepreneurs. As a proud Filipina-Canadian, she created the platform to provide more than networking. Pwrforward focuses on real infrastructure for growth, including shared knowledge, accountability, and access to capital built on trust for Filipino entrepreneurs. Charmaine talks about how her curiosity led her to create Pwrforward. She also shares how she questioned whether she was the right person to build the platform, and how she worked through those doubts so she could keep moving forward. Tune into her episode to listen to her story.
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Show Notes
Bio
Charmaine Ramirez is the founder of Pwrforward.
Cultural Background
Theresa is of Filipino descent.
Favorite Self Confidence Quote
Your level of belonging can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance.
Definition of Self Confidence
Self-confidence is being comfortable of where you're at and how you got there.
Her Life Before the Discovery of Self Confidence
Charmaine has gone through moments of imposter syndrome.
The “AHA” Moment
Charmaine attended a conference where she saw a Filipina who was one of the judges for a pitch competition. This was the first time she has ever seen a Filipina be a judge and after the conference, she went reached out to have coffee with her. A 30 minute chat became 3 hours and Charmaine realized that everyone goes through imposter syndrome no matter how experienced a person is. She realize that if she had these feelings, then other entrepreneurs have gone through similar feelings as well which led her to creating Pwrforward.
Her Life After the Discovery of Self Confidence
Charmaine has been the most creative she has in her life which she enjoys.
The One Self Confidence Tip for the Listener
Start with one conversation and stay curious.
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