Mark Joseph Laceste is the founder of Lalakbayin, an ecotourism travel agency based in Coron, Palawan. Their mission is to share the beauty of Coron with the world while protecting it through environmental education, conservation measures, community interaction, preservation of natural resources, and the local culture, and by building a sustainable livelihood for the people. In his free time, Mark enjoys freediving and hiking and anything related to ridge-to-reef adventures. He is a young sustainability professional passionate about impact entrepreneurship that helps organizations with an environmentally-centered mission to create value and build partnerships that foster sustainable differentiation and protect the company's long-term viability. He also works for CommonShare as part of the business development team, a company based in New York dedicated to building transparent, sustainable, and resilient supply chains.