Juvita Tatan Wan

Juvita Tatan Wan is Kenyah. She grew up between Long San, a small community deep in Sarawak’s upper Baram River, and the city.

After more than a decade working across advertising, music and telecommunications in Kuala Lumpur, she returned to Sarawak. In 2017, Juvita and her father, John Wan Usang, co-founded The Tuyang Initiative, helping Borneo’s indigenous cultural practitioners build sustainable livelihoods through larger projects, longer relationships and meaningful career pathways.

Juvita has spent years watching culture enter campaigns, stages and public conversations.

At TEDxBukit Bintang, she turns our attention towards what the spotlight reveals, and what it can still leave behind.