PAT
VILLACERAN
A Letter from Our Founder
Hi, I’m Pat…
I have always believed in the power of sitting down.
Not to perform.
Not to impress.
But to be with people.
I am deeply curious by nature. Whenever I meet someone—no matter who they are or where they come from—I want to know their story. What they love. What shaped them. What they carry quietly.
Food, music, art, conversation—these have always been my language.
They are how I connect. How I listen. How I understand the world.
Hinabi was born from that instinct.
Why Hinabi Began
We live in a time where everything feels diluted.
Connection happens through screens.
Culture is compressed into content.
Authenticity is filtered, packaged, and rushed.
I found myself longing for something slower.
More human.
More real.
I remember speaking with a friend, thinking out loud a simple question:
What if we created a space where people could just be human again?
No titles.
No pretense.
No hierarchy.
Just people, around a table—sharing food, stories, music, and presence.
What started as a conversation became a realization:
this needed to exist.
Not as an idea.
But as a practice.
I live in two worlds.
As a social entrepreneur, I’ve worked closely with underserved communities.
I’ve seen resilience, dignity, and brilliance in places the world often overlooks.
At the same time, I’ve had the privilege of building in spaces of abundance—where excellence, refinement, and possibility are not questioned.
Hinabi Privé exists at the intersection of those worlds.
It strips away the artificial walls between people—politicians and teachers, artists and executives, strangers who might never otherwise sit at the same table.
What I’ve witnessed, again and again, is this:
When people gather with intention,
differences soften.
Stories emerge.
And something deeply human takes over.
What Hinabi Holds
The Responsibility I Carry
I feel a profound responsibility to protect Filipino heritage.
Not in a romanticized way.
Not as nostalgia.
But as truth.
As a Filipina who has spent years building, leading, and navigating global spaces, I’ve lived with the weight of misconceptions—about who Filipinos are, what we represent, and what we contribute.
Filipinos have been the bedrock of nations.
Of industries.
Of families and futures—across the world.
And yet, the story we’re often told is narrow.
Hinabi exists to widen that lens.
To show Filipino heritage as it truly is:
rich, complex, excellent, evolving.
There is a Filipino story woven into nearly every corner of the world.
Hinabi honors that—not by explaining it, but by letting it be experienced.
What This Means To Me
Hinabi Privé is not just a platform to gather.
It is a space to heal perception.
To create awareness.
To restore dignity through beauty, depth, and presence.
It is a reminder that culture is not something we consume.
It is something we carry.
And when we carry it with care,
it becomes light.
Thank you for being here.
Thank you for listening.
Thank you for gathering with intention.
Audaciously filled with hope,
