Big Dreams Start Here.
iStart International Inc. is a SEC-registered Filipino career advisory firm helping aspiring professionals build international careers across Singapore, Australia, Spain, and Thailand.
aspiring professionals reached through our events and programs
Our community spans the Philippines and growing diaspora networks.
Registered, and checkable.
iStart International Inc. is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Philippines as a management and consultancy service provider.
On 30 July 2026, TESDA Region VIII granted us a Certificate of TVET Program Registration for AI Workplace Operations. That makes iStart a TESDA-registered EBET provider for this 61-hour program — one program, one registration, held under the number below.
- Registered program
- AI Workplace Operations
- RTP No.
- EBET-GenEBET-2026-08-37-ICT000000-083
- Issued
- 30 July 2026
- Valid until
- 31 July 2031
- Issuing office
- TESDA Region VIII
- Duration
- 61 hours
The person behind iStart.
Ethel Morales
CEO & Co-Founder, iStart International Inc.
Dreams Deserve Direction.
Ethel brings 14 years of international career consulting and global education leadership to iStart. As Co-Founder of St. Angelo Global Academy and former leader of organizations including Intrepid Adventures and ThinkGLOBAL Core, she has spent her career building structured pathways for aspiring professionals. iStart is the culmination of that work — a deliberately small, deliberately careful operation built to give Filipino dreamers the direction they deserve.
- 14 years in international career consulting and global education
- Co-Founder, St. Angelo Global Academy
- Former General Manager, Intrepid Adventures
- Former Vice President, ThinkGLOBAL Core
- BS Hotel & Restaurant Management
- FNA Master Certification (Financial Needs Analysis)
The iStart Editorial Team.
Beyond Ethel, the iStart Editorial Team produces the bulk of our pathway guides, news digests, event recaps, and tools. The Editorial Team is composed of researchers, writers, and pathway specialists who work under the same editorial standards: rigorous sourcing, Filipino-audience focus, and the discipline to say what we know and acknowledge what we don't.
Four pathways. One philosophy.
Where Our Pathways Lead.
These are the markets we actively partner with. Our pathway content also covers Filipino opportunities in other major destinations — but we only claim partnerships where we genuinely have them.