Join Us: Saturday, February 22 @ 8:00 am to 4:45 PM

Weaving Wellbeing & Waiwai into 2025

for Our First Annual Virtual Retreat
Purchase Your Tickets!

*Please note: Session 7: Apo Lima Weaving Workshop is open to 25 participants at an additional cost of $20. Purchase by February 3rd!

This isn’t just a retreat—it’s your opportunity to build a foundation for abundance, balance, and weave
connections that will enable you to flow, flourish and thrive in 2025.
Misty Sanico

Misty
Sanico

Session 1: 8:30 to 9:30 AM

Reimagine Your Reach: Making Connections that Count Through
Purpose-Driven Marketing
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About Misty
@MistySanico
Tiffany Chen

Tiffany
Chen

Session 2: 9:45 to 10:45 AM

Flow to Flourish: Yoga Wellness
Virtual Yoga Session
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About Tiffany
Heather Castellano

Heather
Castellano

Session 3: 11:00 to 12:45 PM

Her Hands Create
Waiwai
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Her Hands Create
@herhandscreate
Marion Ano Headshot

Marion
Ano

Session 4: 12:45 to 1:30 PM

WFA HQ: Creating Magic & Meaning in the Metaverse
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About Marion
Wahine Coder

Margary
Martin

Session 5: 1:45 to 2:30 PM

The Lōkahi
Wheel
Session Description Coming Soon!
About Margary
The Hilo Center
Pūlama Long

Pūlama
Long

Session 6: 2:30 to 3:15 PM

Empowering
Pilina
Session Description Coming Soon!
About Pūlama
Honihala
Honi Hala

Honi Hala
Weaving Workshop*

Session 7: 3:15 to 4:45 PM

Apo Lima (Bracelet) Weaving Workshop with Pūlama Long

For General Admission + Weaving Workshop Ticketholders only!

Ke Kula ʻo Poʻowai Nui

The Empowering Pilina Panel will feature an inspiring discussion with wāhine freelancers and entrepreneurs who have built powerful, collaborative partnerships. Spotlighting wāhine professionals, this session highlights how mutual support and creativity have driven their success. Panelists will share how they’ve worked together, adapted, overcome challenges, and leveraged the power of pilina to grow thriving businesses across Hawaiʻi and beyond.

With actionable insights and real-world examples, the panel will explore key themes like forming impactful partnerships, navigating the unique challenges of freelancing and entrepreneurship in Hawaiʻi, and more. Attendees will gain valuable perspectives on fostering meaningful relationships in business and inspiration to achieve similar success in their own ventures.

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About Misty

Misty-Lynn Sanico is an ʻŌiwi writer and editor from Honolulu. She is the Communications Director for Bamboo Ridge Press, a local independent book publisher, and has been working with nonprofit literary organizations in Hawaiʻi for 15 years. She has organized and led numerous virtual literary events, as well as workshops in creative writing, blogging, and social media marketing.

Reimagine Your Reach: Making Connections that Count Through Purpose-Driven Marketing

Reimagine how you share your work and renew your focus by aligning your values with community-centered strategies. This workshop offers tips and insights to help you showcase and celebrate your unique strengths and embrace a refreshed approach to purpose-driven outreach.

This workshop is about rethinking how you share your work in a way that feels true to your values and connects with your community. You’ll get tips to highlight what makes you unique and ideas to share your purpose authentically. It’s less about selling yourself and more about building relationships that matter.

About Tiffany

Tiffany is an experienced yoga instructor passionate about guiding others on their wellness journey. What started as a way to improve physical health evolved into a practice that enhanced her mental and emotional well-being, inspiring her to teach and share yoga with others. Tiffany shares her deep connection to the practice, empowering others to experience the healing, growth, and balance that yoga brings, both on and off the mat.

Flow to Flourish - Yoga for Wellness

This beginner-friendly yoga class will focus on stretching, centering the mind and body, and practicing mindful breathing techniques. Perfect for de-stressing and finding balance. Grab your yoga mat or towel, along with some water to stay hydrated!

About Heather

Meet Heather, your Waiwai Strategist and workshop leader. With a background in economics and a passion for empowering wahine, Heather left the corporate world in 2009 to focus on family and build a business that bridges personal and business finances. Rooted in Kanaka values, she blends cultural stewardship, aloha, and financial expertise to help entrepreneurs align their business practices with their broader definitions of wealth.

Her Hands Create Waiwai

Discover the transformative power of bookkeeping in this workshop designed for female entrepreneurs. Learn how to use your business numbers to tell a story that drives smarter decisions and builds a future aligned with your vision of success and family dreams.

About Marion

Marion Ano is the owner of Wahine Coder, a freelance design and development company. With over a decade of experience as a mobile and website developer for Hawaiʻi-based clients, Marion specializes in creating efficient workflow systems, project management flows, and organized solutions for all things digital.

She has a passion for copywriting and enjoys helping businesses develop strategic communication strategies while architecting how they present and share information online. Always eager to stay ahead of the curve, she dedicates time to learning and integrating new technologies thoughtfully into her freelance workflows.

In addition to serving her amazing clients, Marion teaches coding, visual design for mobile applications, and web-based UX at the University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu as part of the Academy of Creative Media. During the summers, she channels her creativity into writing children’s books with her son through her publishing company, Kilo Books Hawaiʻi.

WFA HQ: Creating Magic & Meaning in the Metaverse

Join Marion as she shares insights about WFA HQ, a dynamic co-working metaverse designed to foster empowering pilina—connections that strengthen wāhine freelancers and entrepreneurs.

The relationship between wāhine freelancers and businesses can be compared to the Pulelehua (Kamehameha butterfly) and māmaki plant. The Pulelehua depends on māmaki for nourishment and growth, while its presence helps māmaki thrive. Similarly, freelancers bring fresh perspectives and skills that help businesses flourish, while businesses provide stability and opportunities for freelancers to advance. Together, they create a cycle of shared growth and success, demonstrating that resilience is rooted in connection.

Discover how WFA HQ supports freelancers, entrepreneurs, and creatives in elevating their economic well-being and shaping the future of work for wāhine at all stages of life.

Learn more about WFA HQ and how it serves as a hub for Innovation, Productivity, and Empowering Pilina in Hawaiʻi.

Apply for EPIC Pods

EPIC + PODS is a collaborative, cohort-based experience designed to bring wāhine freelancers—both emerging and experienced—into shared practice through real client work.

Applications open on May 27

Learn More!