Mother, Entrepreneur, Founder of Birthday Bliss
About Iris Maria
Mother, Entrepreneur, Founder of Birthday Bliss
Iris Maria, also known as Mommy Mika, has always been passionate about organizing unique events, mainly specializing in children’s birthdays dating all the way back to 2010 in the Philippines. She spent her career in sales and marketing for over 15 years in the travel, fashion, business consulting, events, and pharmaceutical industries. A mother of two, and a former owner of IStyle Your Event PH, she firmly believes in the positive transformative power of birthdays for children. She would always be involved in community service and charitable work back in her home country. She did this through feeding programs and doing some birthdays for a cause in partnership with other charity foundations and poor communities.
Every year on her daughter’s birthday, Iris and her family would travel back home and celebrate with the children of a charity foundation. Since that year they couldn’t uphold their tradition, they decided to give three free birthdays to children in Dubai instead. They chose kids whose families were experiencing difficult times due to the pandemic. Those three birthdays ended up turning into thirty-two and this is where the mission of Birthday Bliss was born.
About this Episode
In this episode, we talk to Iris about her passion for birthdays, the story of how her journey inspired the creation of Birthday Bliss, along with her core team members.
What they are doing and how they have created a community here in Dubai, that is working together to make these birthdays special for these kids.
Tune in for a heartwarming episode, bound to leave you with a smile on your face.
“We at Birthday Bliss, specialize in kids’ birthdays and I would say that it is one of my passions, as a mother and as a person who didn’t experience birthdays when I was a kid. I can say that it really made an impact on my values and on who I am today.”
Iris Maria
“I cannot do this just by myself. The core team are the people behind Birthday Bliss and these volunteers are the heart of this group. They are the bloodline of this group. Without them, we cannot do these 20 to 25 birthdays a month.”
– Iris Maria
Show highlights
“I used to be the one organizing everything, from decorations, to the gifts and to the activities that they were doing for the whole day. And that is not only during their birthdays but Christmas as well, or any other special occasions. So from there, I discovered this passion. And every time I’m doing a birthday party or organizing a birthday party even for my niece or for my nephews, it really gives me the feeling of fulfillment and something that is really like a stress reliever for me.”
Iris Maria
“I cannot do this just by myself. The core team are the people behind Birthday Bliss and these volunteers are the heart of this group. They are the bloodline of this group. Without them, we cannot do these 20 to 25 birthdays a month.”
Iris Maria
“I know how important it is for the kids if it’s a birthday, aside from Christmas or Al Eid, it is the most important celebration of the year, so I know that it has a positive transformative power for their well-being.”
Iris Maria
Useful Links
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/583512419034315/
Email: birthdayblissuae@gmail.com
