Doing Life And Business, Differently
Lea Jovy
(pronounced Lee-UH and not Lee!)
The Life Part…
I’ve spent my entire life searching for ‘home’…as a Filipina trans-national adoptee, adopted from birth in Hong Kong by white British parents, this figures, right?!
I grew up between the UK and SE Asia, travelling regularly as an UM (unaccompanied minor) from the age of 5, never really feeling like I belonged anywhere.
After my mum died when I was 25, I left my corporate job, started a business online and travelled the world as a digital nomad for 7+ years (and became ‘internet famous’ for a while there!).
In the process, despite knowing I was gay since my early teens, I married the father of my kids after a decade together. (Seriously, there are logical reasons this came to pass!). We then ‘accidentally’ became parents, and now have two wonderful children who are currently 12 and 16. (Again, also very logical reasons for the ‘accident’!!).
I came out at age 39, and am now rebuilding my life having moved from my childhood city of Nottingham, and finally found ‘home’ on the south coast of the UK with my kids in early 2025.
The People Part…
The kind of people I work with and have in my circles know that the current systems aren’t broken; they are doing exactly what they were designed to do.
And to get somewhere different, we have to do things differently…in life and in business! Are you with me?
The Business Part…
I help founders and progressive leaders go from ‘me’ to ‘we‘ – to expand beyond themselves into a scalable, sustainable business with equality as the foundation.
Some of the things I’ve achieved in two decades of entrepreneurship:
- I’m the founder of Mission Equality (a UK-based non-profit CIC); we use education as an agent of change – in both workplaces and for young people – to create a different kind of ecosystem, and support people to thrive alongside AI & emerging technologies. Our big picture vision is to replace Capitalism. No, I’m not joking.
- I built an 8-figure EdTech business & raised a pre-seed round of $500k in 6 weeks, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. This business was deeply committed to anti-racism and decolonising education, and grew from 2 to 30+ people within 4 months.
- I pioneered the global, life-changing Location Independent movement (which inspired the likes of Dell to jump on the bandwagon) which garnered international press.
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