Jessica Ouano is a designer, handloom weaver and consultant. After completing her bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design and Merchandising at the De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde, she worked on a project where she had the opportunity to collaborate with handloom weavers from Argao, Cebu to create original textiles for a collection presented in a fashion show in Japan. It was through this experience that she grew to love handloom weaving and it opened her eyes to the endless design possibilities that this craft could provide. After this experience, she worked as the textile and apparel designer of the cultural and social enterprise, ANTHILL Fabric Gallery, in which she designed and supported the creation of contemporary handwoven textiles and products for ANTHILL and other local and international brands. In 2020, she completed her Masters in Fashion Entrepreneurship and Innovation at London College of Fashion supported by a fully-funded scholarship from Chevening, the UK government’s global scholarship programme. Her masters project explored how Philippine businesses could help address the gaps in creating Philippine natural fibre textiles. She is currently exploring and working on projects that involve the preservation of traditional crafts through contemporary design as well as creating regenerative textiles for fashion and interiors.