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Education

Sep 2024 - Jun 2028

Northwestern University
Bachelor of Science in Journalism
Additional Majors in Environmental Policy & Culture and Cognitive Science 

Major GPA: 3.90/4.00 | Cumulative GPA: 3.70/4.00

Courses: Journalism Values Practice & Trends, Fundamentals of Video Journalism, Fundamentals of Reporting & Writing News, "Crazy Rich Asians" From Type to Stereotype, Food & Society, Linguistics

Relevant
Experience

Jan 2025 - Present

Student Reporter

Northwestern News Network

  • Outsourced, interviewed, filmed, and edited five news reports ranging in style, coverage type, and media platform

  • Engaged with local civilians, businesses, and governmental figures to cover coffee shop favorites to defense compacts

Oct 2024 - Present

Corporate Team Member & Freelance Writer

nuAZN (Asian-Interest Magazine)

  • Researched and initiated regular profit share events across local restaurants, garnering over $125 at each event

  • Advised and governed bake sale and sticker sale preparation and selling alongside team, which each earned $175+

  • Wrote a feature article analyzing Asian-stereotypical fonts in both historical and current day uses and implications

Aug 2023 - Jun 2024

Advertising Manager & Staff Writer

The Smoke Signal (School Newspaper)

  • Finalized short and long-term advertising deals with 10+ businesses totaling to $10,000+ in one year

  • Wrote 40+ in-print/online articles, from movie reviews to an interview with the principal about polarizing policies

  • Managed and designed six advertisements per issue and drew a graphic opinion comic for every monthly issue 
     

Nov 2022 - Jun 2024

Editor in Chief & Publicity Head

Phoenix Art & Literary Magazine

  • Delegated 20-30 editors and officers to design, publish, and track $1000+ of sales for an annual 75-page magazine 

  • Oversaw the magazine’s entire design process, coordinated efforts for fundraisers that each garnered $200-300

  • Revamped Instagram, a new website, and in-school publicity, boosting submissions from 8 to 150+ in one year

  • Organized 5+ fundraisers, two inter-club collaborations, four workshops, and one cross-school Open Mic

Leadership Experience

Jan 2025 - Present

Food and Fireside Chair & Coffee Hour Head

Willard Residential College

  • Planned and ran weekly Afternoon Tea and Munchies events that cover snacks and food for a dorm of 200+people

  • Communicated between restaurants, dorm, and board members to budget $3000 for weekly, multicultural catering 

Apr 2025 - Present

Internal Programming

Asian Pacific American Coalition

  • Met weekly to plan quarterly dialogues on topics like Migration and Immigrant, and host open conversations about  protecting and maintaining the solidarity of APIDA groups and culture; also digitizing historical records of the club 

Mar 2021 - Jun 2024

Public Relations & Key Production Officer

Universal Performers (Theater Club)

  • Coordinated logistical forms, catering, and 10+ sponsors for tens of student-run events, shows, and fundraisers

  • Coordinated finances, itinerary, parent volunteers, and forms for both years’ overnight trips to the theater festival

  • Bolstered production, costumes, decorations, and tech improvements, and assisted in musical coaching for two years

Activities

Oct 2024 - Present

Travel Team Competitor 

Northwestern Model United Nations

  • Meets regularly for three hours a week to research international relations, historical circumstances, and cross-industry data tracking, while also preparing impromptu problem-solving and speech skills for diverse topics

  • Researches and develops comprehensive solutions to international environmental and global issues before presenting, negotiating, and workshopping the solutions across over ten four-day conferences, each for 16+ hours

Jul 2023 - Present

Co-Founder

The 309 Collective/You Write Like a Teen Literary Festival

  • Co-founder of annual teen Literary Festival, and reached 100+ attendees; aiming to expand to SoCal schools 

  • Organized and published own LitMag, website, social media, and local OpenMics in California under the Collective

Skills
& Interests

​Language: Chinese

Skills: Adobe Premiere Pro, Canva, Excel, WordPress

Hobbies: Poetry, Percussion, Dance, Baking

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