Christeen Rico Green is a wife, a proud Filipino-American, and the founder and CEO of Dream Bigger—a global platform unlocking values-aligned capital for Filipino-led startups. With a mission to co-create sustainable jobs in the Philippines through bridge-building and tech entrepreneurship, Christeen and her team have supported over 40 founders through their accelerator and built a growing network of global investors who share their commitment to five core values: Wholeness, Freedom, Empathy, Generosity, and Legacy.
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Born in the Philippines and raised in the SF Bay Area, Christeen holds both her BS and MS degrees from NYU’s Stern School of Business. She spent nearly a decade in Silicon Valley, first as a management consultant at PwC and later leading international expansion programs at Apple. Driven by purpose and energized by impact, Christeen is a natural “Achiever” (StrengthsFinder) who once poured herself fully into work—but often at the cost of her own health.
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Her journey toward wholeness was neither instant nor linear. Over the past 10+ years, Christeen has slowly cultivated daily habits that transformed her life—starting with journaling, daily prayer and Bible reading, then hydration, plant-forward nutrition, and eventually, joy-filled exercise. Her lived experience fuels her passion today: helping founders lead from a place of wholeness in mind, body, spirit, and relationships.