Education
Emory University
Expected Graduation May 2025
I am a second-year Robert W. Woodruff Scholar at Emory University, the highest merit scholarship at Emory and one of the top largest merit scholarships in the world. I am pursuing a double major in Economics and Chinese Studies where I hope to combine my passions for economics and intercultural communication.
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For my third year of university, I was accepted into The General Course Programe at the LSE to spend one year of my undergraduate studied abroad in London, UK on a full merit scholarship. During my year abroad I also worked in a global role at The Coca-Cola Company (see work experience for more information).
London School of Economics and Political Science
Sep 2023 - Jun 2024
Changchun Humanities and Sciences College
长春人文学院
(原东北师范大学人文学院）
May 2022 - August 2022
Summer 2022 I was awarded a national scholarship award from the U.S. Department of State called the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study at a Chinese university and advance my Mandarin skills through intensive courses on Public Health and Business and Entrepreneurship.
For more information on the CLS Scholarship, please click this button to go to the Accolades tab.
For the 2020-21 school year I took a gap year and studied abroad on a full scholarship from the US Department of State in New Taipei City, Taiwan at Tamkang University, 淡江大學 (Please see NSLI-Y Scholarship in the Accolades section for more information on the scholarship program). As a NSLI-Y scholar, I increased my Mandarin proficiency from it’s initial Intermediate-Mid oral Chinese Proficiency level to Advanced Mid, according to the ACTFL proficiency scale. While abroad, I built lifelong connections with the friends I made through volunteer work, school activities, and my host family.
淡江大學 - Tamkang University
August 2020 - May 2021
双流中学实验学校
The Experimental School of Shuangliu
June 2019 - August 2019
As a recipient of the National Security Language Initiative for Youth Summer scholarship from the State Department to study Mandarin at 双流中学实验学校 (The Experimental School of Shuangliu) to be fully immersed with a host family in the Chinese language and culture. As a junior in high school, this life-changing experience solidified my passions for studying Chinese language and culture.
Honors and Awards: Unanimously nominated by the school administration to give a speech on behalf of the scholarship recipients to 550 people in both English and Mandarin.
The International Baccalaureate (IB) Program is a rigorous academic program designed to promote international perspectives in education as a way to develop well rounded students challenged in all academic core and elective subjects.
Extracurricular Involvement: Varsity Debate Team (August 2017 – May 2020); Interact Club Secretary (August 2018 – September 2019) President (September 2019 – May 2020); Beta Club (August 2017 – May 2020); Varsity Tennis Team (2017 – May 2020); Fellowship of Christian Athletes Officer (August 2017 – May 2020); Spanish Honor Society (September 2018 – May 2020); National Honor Society (September 2018 – May 2020); Campbell High School Mascot King Leonidas the Spartan (August 2017 – September 2018).
Honors and Awards: International Baccalaureate Diploma Candidate (42/45 Diploma Points); GPA 4.0 (unweighted) 4.797 (weighted); Diploma Seal of Tri-literacy in English, Spanish, and Mandarin; International Skills Diploma Seal; Spartan Activity Award, Spartan Leadership Award (please see the Accolades page for more information on other honors and awards).
Campbell High School
International Baccalaureate Program
August 2016 - May 2020
