Haifa Carina

Leadership, career growth and community development are the topics I’m passionate about. Thus, when I give public presentations these are the topics I enjoy sharing my thoughts on! Today I’m so happy to share that my presentations are now live on Slideshare!  It was only around 2017 when I started to store all my public presentations in one Google Drive folder for quick reference. All presentations prior that I don’t know where they are. Sometimes I make a Bit.ly link to share with the audience for a presentation, sometimes I don’t. Last night with so much time to ponder on…

Today is officially Day 10 of Metro Manila Lockdown (Enhanced Community Quarantine), a government effort to contain the COVID19 virus which is spreading exponentially across the globe. Some conspiracy theories say is a biological epidemic orchestrated by China. Some say we’re experiencing the wrath of God while others say its Mother Nature trying to recover. I think it is what is – an epidemic that needs to be contained and cured. It is a problem that needs to solved. Everyone’s doing their part to contribute in the solution – government, hospitals, foundations, businesses and regular citizens staying home to avoid…

On its third year, DEVCON will once again bring the Biggest Developer Conference in the Philippines to the flourishing city of Cagayan de Oro. With the theme “The Future of Jobs, Embracing Industry 4.0”, this event is set to happen on November 9, 2019 at Capitol University. Bringing together 500 developers from all over Mindanao, this year’s summit will focus on how developers can leverage emerging technologies, evolve their skillset, and develop best practices. All of this brought by local and international personalities whose technologies, practices, and advocacies made an extensive impact in the IT industry and beyond. With Cagayan…

Months ago, I read an article written by a father to their daughter on his lessons and message on navigating life. I thought it was sweet so I shared the link to my father and asked him if he can write a similar article (he’s a crazy good writer). His response was “but i’ve never been around when you were growing up”. I felt sad but said then you can write about whatever shared memories we have! Since today is his 68th birthday, I thought maybe I’ll be the one to write for him instead! To my dearest father 1,394…

You might be reading this article because you’re thinking how can I let go of the community I manage, have someone take over and continue the fire burning? I haven’t figured out the magic formula myself but I get asked this question many times. To give a little background about me, I led a student organization back in college that runs multiple small events and a major annual event with delegates across the region. A couple of months before graduation and very well deep into our thesis, I was no longer in practice leading the org as I passed on…

“One life to live, one legacy to leave” was the phrase I wrote on my college year book when I completed my Computer Science degree in 2011. I was a student leader juggling community projects left and right while balancing my academics to keep my scholarship. When I wrote the phrase I was in our university library at a desk for a single person – focused and undisturbed. A huge factor for me in the process was all the John Maxwell books I devoured those years. One book exercise was to imagine yourself in your deathbed and think what will…