My name is Arriane Serafico, a teacher, and the founder of The Purposeful Creative. We are an online school and learning community of why-driven people all around the world, who are on the ever-evolving journey of making passion+purpose a key part of our lives.

For the past 7 years, I’ve been writing, teaching, and helping thousands of people (re)discover their passion and creativity, do what they love, and explore how they could use these to create meaningful work — work that matters and makes this world a better place.

My background (and my heart) lies in development work: I’ve worked in branding/marketing, communications, and youth development programs for non-government organizations, the Senate of the Philippines, and in a social enterprise. I’ve always been passionate about gathering & connecting people, pushing them to action, and getting them very passionate about meaningful causes and conversations.

I founded The Purposeful Creative in December 2015, and now, we have over 10,000 students from all over the