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Li-An Ye November 1st, 2025, On the sixth floor of the Wharton Business School at San Francisco, in the heart of the city, two large projectors hung from the ceiling, with the Bay Bridge and a blue ocean outside the windows—an inspiring backdrop for our first public appearance. On October 25, 2025, Futuris held its…

Each fabric is chosen to match U.S. fashion trends, blending Dominican creativity with modern design for bags that carry both beauty and meaning. Our working planWe are building this like a studio on the move: listen, co‑design, source, prototype, test, repeat. We survey our school, talk with people at events, and learn what U.S. people…

We sew, laugh, and learn together—girls from two worlds, stitching not only bags but friendships and futures. In February 2024, we spent a week in Sosua, DO. We visited the dumpster and the village right beside it, then walked into a small sewing room with no running water and a lot of energy. The girls…

From learning English while calling a dumpster home to entering college, Natasha proves that resilience and opportunity can rewrite any story. I first texted with Natasha and then met her in the Dominican Republic, just a few steps from the garbage dump she once called home. The air was thick and hot. Trucks came and…