Empowered women must also allow themselves to slow down and pause, Mariel Ortiz-Luis Veluz, founder of Connect by the Park and Sewn Sandals, told BusinessWorld in an interview. To sustain others and the environment, one must learn how to sustain themselves first, she added.

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Interview by Almira Martinez
Video editing by Jayson Mariñas