“The barako does not hide. Hindi nagtatago. Lantad. No lurking in the shadows, no stabbing in the back, no rushing away after the fact for the barako: up-front is how he conducts his business. And, he fights to the end. Lumalaban nang walang atrasan.”
Corazon S. Alvina
The Publisher Ciara Marasigan Serumgard and the Executive Director Farrah Rodriguez
Ciara Mia Marasigan Serumgard
The Publisher
Ciara Mia Marasigan Serumgard founded Barako Publishing in 2023. She was a jewelry designer and a Young Designers’ Guild of the Philippines member who exhibited at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Ayala Museum, and the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, California. A Boy Scouts of America, Sequoia Council scouter, she is a merit badge counselor for Troop 95 and runs the Cub scout program for the youngest of Pack 75. She studied at St. Scholastica’s College, Manila and received her Management degree from the University of Asia and the Pacific. She champions legacy, heritage, education, neurodivergence, and sustainability advocacies.
Farrah Rodriguez
The Executive Director
Farrah Rodriguez is a FinTech Venture Builder with extensive commercial leadership experience in pharmaceuticals, fast-moving consumer goods, luxury retail, financial services, and consulting. She is a proud alumna awarded with the first ever Outstanding Paulinian - Philippine History & Culture of St. Paul College, Pasig, and a Cum Laude of the College of Business Administration, University of the Philippines, Diliman.
