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Hi, I'm Shiela. I'm a forestry graduate who builds marketing systems.

I'm the founder of Anchor Growth Co, a marketing and automation agency for environmental businesses. I speak both languages: the field and the funnel.

Shiela De La Cruz, founder of Anchor Growth Co
My story

Good environmental work was getting buried in reports.

I'm a forestry graduate. I finished my BS in Forestry, specializing in Environmental Forestry, at UP Los Baños magna cum laude, then spent the next years on the project side of environmental work: as a forest extension officer with the DENR, supporting the management of Mt. Isarog Natural Park, helping draft a city's Environment Code with 150 stakeholders, and assessing nature-based solutions and water projects with UPLB research teams.

I kept seeing the same thing. Good environmental work was buried in technical reports and never reached the people who could hire, fund or support it. The experts were busy doing the work. Nobody was translating it.

Alongside that, I was building marketing systems. I'm HubSpot-certified (Marketing Hub, Sales Hub and Inbound), I build automations in HubSpot, ActiveCampaign, Klaviyo, Make and Zapier, and I run marketing for three Australian businesses.

So I started focusing Anchor Growth Co on marketing and automation for environmental businesses. I understand what an arborist, a consultant or a carbon project developer is actually selling, and I know how to get it in front of the right people and follow up when they're interested.

My field experience is in the Philippines. The challenge it taught me, making technical environmental work visible and understandable, is the same one US environmental businesses face. Anchor Growth Co is remote-first: I'm based in Libmanan, Camarines Sur, and work with US clients over Google Meet or Zoom, at times that suit your time zone.

Watch me build. I share step-by-step automation breakdowns on YouTube and TikTok as She Learns Marketing.

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Shiela De La Cruz · Founder
Background

Environmental work since 2023, marketing alongside it.

  1. BS Forestry, specialization in Environmental Forestry, magna cum laude

    2023 · University of the Philippines Los Baños, with the UP Presidential Medal for Academic Excellence.

  2. Forest Extension Officer

    2023 · Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Camarines Sur.

  3. Technical support, Mt. Isarog Natural Park

    2024 · Protected Area Management Office, DENR.

  4. Consultant and project development officer

    2024–2025 · UPLB School of Environmental Science and Management: drafting a city's Environment Code with 150 stakeholders.

  5. Research assistant

    2025 · Feasibility studies for river and wastewater projects in Metro Manila.

  6. Research associate

    2025–2026 · UPLB College of Human Ecology: program impact assessment and nature-based solutions programs.

  7. Oral presenter

    2024 · International conference on environmental education, Bangkok.

  8. Marketing for Australian businesses

    Since 2025 · Social media, ads funnels, landing pages and content for three clients.

How we work

The standards every system we build has to meet.

Specific, honest claims

No vague green buzzwords. Every environmental claim we write is specific and backed by your evidence.

Follow-up before ads

We build and test the reply and follow-up system before we spend a dollar on ads.

Measured on won work

Tracking follows each inquiry from source to proposal to signed project.

Your tools, connected

We work with your CRM, quoting and field-service tools rather than forcing a migration.

Plain language

We translate technical work into words your buyers, funders and neighbors understand.

Tested before launch

We try to break every workflow ourselves before a real prospect ever sees it.

"They have been very proactive in providing solutions to my marketing problems and approach it the modern way."
Linda D. · CEO

Let's make your work visible.

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