The Y Team
FOUNDERS OF SYFS
POCHOLO "THE VOICE MASTER" DE LEON GONZALES
Meet the founder, chairman, and mentor of our community – a veteran voice artist and radio broadcaster, internationally-awarded youth advocate, author, and a highly sought-after voice coach, motivational speaker and trainer. He is the founder of one of the largest volunteer youth media organizations in the Philippines, the Voice of the Youth Network.
Since the age of 18, Pocholo has been speaking to young people, teaching them about public speaking, communication, personal branding, and inspiring them to live a life of passion and purpose. Pocholo has given talks and speeches in seminars, events, and commencement exercises in more than 50 Philippine provinces and in more than 100 universities and organizations around the world. Visit http://goo.gl/OL7yVz for his full profile or watch his Intro AVP: https://goo.gl/kNJgzq
JOHN BERNARD ORDOÑEZ CAASI (Bernz Ordoñez)
Bernz is a recent graduate of the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) and a regional finalist for the Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines-NCR. He is a proud son of a single mother.
Aside from being a mentee of The Voice Master, he is also YFS's co-founder and managing director. He is a motivational speaker, broadcaster, and writer. As a speaker, he has been giving talks on faith, life, and leadership to thousands of students and professionals in various universities, schools, communities, and organizations for the past five years. He has shared the stage as a speaker with icons in the field of leadership such as Mr. Francis Kong, Ms. Rebecca Bustamante-Mills, Ms. Ada Cuaresma; Mr. Great Mabuti, and Mr. Jayson Lo.
He also writes blogs, essays, poems, and articles published both online and in print. He co-edited his UA&P mentor's book, Inner Beauty Shining Through: What My Mother Taught Me about Values, which was published last year. Now, as he writes his first book, he also co-edits another book which is set to be published in August. Bernz will soon be hosting his first podcast, a youth-oriented show on the faith; and other shows in AM radio. Read his full profile at https://goo.gl/lCiYWz
ADA VINA "THE VOICE CARE QUEEN" CUARESMA
Voice Artist. Radio Broadcaster. Events Host. Youth Advocate. Trainer and Motivational Speaker. Ada became a protégé of Pocholo "The VoiceMaster" Gonzales when she joined Voiceworx, the basic voice acting and dubbing workshop of Creativoices Productions in 2014. Shortly after, she volunteered to be part of DZRH's "Boses ng Kabataan" as a radio drama talent.
As Voice Care Philippines' executive director, Ada has been instrumental in the development of the Voice Care for Teachers' program, where she is also part of the training team. With a decade of experience in training and operations management, Ada also helped develop the numerous motivational training programs being offered by the VoiceMaster to schools, NGO's and corporate organizations.
Read her full profile at http://goo.gl/f1k6cm
NIRVA'ANA ELLA DELACRUZ (Ate Nirva)
Ate Nirva was a Couples For Christ (CFC) missionary in East Timor and Indonesia. She is currently the Secretary General of the youth-oriented blog of the Catholics Bishops Conference of the Philippines, YouthPinoy (www.youthpinoy.com). She is also a media consultant for CBCP and a part of the Publication Team of Ablaze Communications.
Ate Nirva regularly edits articles and writes for CBCP News and CBCP Monitor. She is also a regular guest in the Sagip Buhay Radio of the Catholic Media Network.
As a speaker, she gives talks on topics revolving around family, faith, leadership, social media and communications.