Reese founded Rags2Riches, Inc, a Fashion and Design House empowering community artisans based in the Philippines to create urban artisanal home and fashion masterpieces. Rags2Riches’ purpose is to help artisans lift their families out of poverty through crafting products from overstock fabric and indigenous materials. Their innovative programs include The Artisan Academy and Quality of Life Program, providing community artisans not just with livelihood, but with holistic education, access to financial instruments, and opportunities to plan for the long-term. For the past 10 years, the R2R team had built sustainable end-to-end inclusive business with 1000 Filipino community-based artisans trained. Reese and the company had been recognized internationally through Fast Company, Sundance Channel, Vogue, Marie Claire, Rolex Awards for Enterprise, Forbes 30 Under 30, and many others. Reese is also the founder and curator of Things That Matter, a market and media platform that shares all R2R’s lessons and impact model to more community artisans in the Philippines and in Asia.