Resume

• 2016

  Master of Arts - MA

  Psychology

  Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology

• 2010

  Bachelor of Arts - BA

  Neuroscience

  University of California

  Berkeley

  BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

  MARKETING

  INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE

  NEUROBIOLOGY LAB

  INTRODUCTION TO NEUROBIOLOGY

  SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

• 2008

  Mandarin

  English

  Biology

  General

  Pasadena City College

• Chinese Club of San Marino

  Coordinator

  Working With Children

  Teaching

  Life Long Learning

  K-12 Education

  Tutoring

  Counseling Psychology

  Coaching

  Entrepreneurship

  Child Development

  Research

  Training

  PowerPoint

  Public Speaking

  Sales Presentations

  Student Counseling

  Business Development

  Youth Mentoring

  Parenting Workshops

  child counseling

  Leadership

  Real Estate Opinion Sharing

  Cho

  Michael

  Cho

  DOJO DOG FOOD TRUCK

  Self-Employed

  D.R.A.L

  UC Berkeley

  TAIWANESE AMERICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION

  S.M.A.R.T Academy

  LearnMast

  Chinese Club of San Marino

  Bridge Marketing Cosultants

  SAN MARINO CHINESE CLUB/SCHOOL

  San Marino

  -Tutor for Chinese

  Middle School Social Science

  AP Chemistry

  AP Calculus

  SAT Math and Physics Private Tutoring San Marino

  CA September 2007-October 2015\n \n-Designed and customized learning materials and teaching approaches for students to reach score improvements

  persistence and timely graduation. \n\n-Taught

  practiced

  monitored and reviewed learning materials and additional homework during the tutorials that will focus on individual efforts to continuously improve.\n\n-Mentored and tutored at-risk students to identified risk factors and to develop individual plans for success. \n\n-Increased students learning interests by 50% through guidance

  mentoring and individual learning approaches.\n\n-Counsels students on matters concerning administrational requirements and generating feasible goals to take appropriate actions.\n

  Private Tutor

  Self-Employed

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Managerial position focused on accomplishing learning and organizational goals

  ensuring programs’ quality levels are achieved and maintained

  and all staff is qualified and satisfying performance standards.\n•\tDeveloped 3 learning curriculums - Guided Study Space

  Supporting-Autonomy Workshop

  and LearnMast Counseling that coach time management

  purposeful learning

  and personal development.\n•\tMonitor performance and attend meetings to establish an accurate profile of each student to raising expectations for students in setting educational/career goals and providing advice about postsecondary options

  result in improvement in mental strength

  15%-25% grade increase

  the discovery of passion and career choices.\n•\tUtilize SMART Goal and OKRs to foster visualization of measurable outcomes and inspired actions to increase commitment to behavioral change and problem-solving. Counseled 30+ students.\n•\tTrain and supervise a staff of 5-7

  assuring that all staff complies program outline

  to produce learning outcomes.\n•\tOrganize Chinese Learning and Culture Club and TAPLA Mentorship Program to promote LearnMast mission.\n

  Founder & Teaching and Learning Consultant

  LearnMast

  UC Berkeley

  -Founded D.R.A.L to host speaker panels of successful people telling own countries’ next generation to pursue dreams and provide value to society with the vision of establish strong economic body in long-term.\n\n-Spearheaded effort beginning the organization from scratch and hosting the first series of speaker panel in 3 months.\n\n-Presented and invited to 20+ speakers and 15+ schools to participate

  looking to inspire 500+ students as our goal.

  Co-Founder

  D.R.A.L

  Berkeley

  Analyzed the genetic and chemical effect on human behavior reflected from outer source in the environment.

  Molecular Cell Biology Neurobiology Emphasis

  UC Berkeley

  San Marino

  Operative role concentrated on developing and implementing admission and enrollment goals to ensure the Academy’s strategic plans are met and aligned with community needs.\n•\tSpearheaded college admission seminar and education service advertisement to raise brand awareness.\n•\tDesigned PSAT Prep

  Day Care and 1-on-1 Tutoring to diversify revenue streams and increase sales.\n•\tDesigned learning materials to facilitate larger classroom size to increase efficiency ratio by more than 15%.\n

  Learning Specialist and Instructor

  S.M.A.R.T Academy

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  -Cofounded Bridge Marketing Consulting Firm to help Safeway and Ralphs in California to attract customers from international demographic. \n\n- Established Asian products section with over 700 products in Vons

  Arcadia as a pilot program which boosted 30% store revenue from increased Asian customers\n\n- Negotiated year-long brokerage contracts with 9 major Chinese and Taiwanese distributors and manufacturers to represent over 2000 products\n\n- Oversaw the logistics between vendors and retail staffs on transporting

  delivering

  receiving

  restocking and scheduling.\n\n- Brokered promotion deals to maintain inventory turnover and maintain healthy profit for both parties.\n\n- Conducted market research on the performance of products and vendor based on different region to increase revenue for 30 Safeway/Vons grocery stores across California.

  Vendor Consultants

  Bridge Marketing Cosultants

  Berkeley

  • Manipulated customers’ old brain that controls decision-making by VIP Program and boosted up sales by 5%.\n• Proposed operational strategies to enhance VIP Promoting Program such as VIP’s stickers to visualize the\nbusiness in customers’ daily life and excusive deals to trigger customer to associate with products and promotions.\n• Blueprinted strategy implementation corresponding to the market analysis generated from The Berkeley Group.\n• Collaborated with 5 executive members to develop sustainable and scalable marketing and executional proposals.\n• Gained considerable operational small-business experience and exposure to marketing and strategy planning.

  Board of Executive Officer

  DOJO DOG FOOD TRUCK

  • Reinforced the campers to understand the point and behave right away by communicating with misbehaving\ncampers with knowledge in neurobiology that influences human behavior the most efficiently incorporated.\n• Established the role model among 7 counselors and 55+ campers by behaving on principles to represent the\nopportune counselors’ role and build authority as a chef counselor; purposely develop leadership over time.\n• Reduced communication gaps among students

  parents

  counselors

  and staffs to eliminate unnecessary conflicts.\n• Created campers a comfortable resting environments

  and memorable experience from activities by collaborating\nwith American counselors and local staffs of total 30+ members on keeping camp organized yet enthusiastic.\n• Influenced over 55+ campers with enthusiastic attitude and action to help them engaging in the activities.

  Head of Group Leaders for Oversea Study Tour

  San Marino

  SAN MARINO CHINESE CLUB/SCHOOL

  Berkeley

  • Promoted workshop on Taiwanese American Student Association’s general meeting with 1-minute demonstration.\n• Choreographed for 20 dancers in the competition of 200 competitors on Double Ten Festival at Union Square.

  Instructor and Coordinator

  TAIWANESE AMERICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION

  San Marino

  Chief Counselor for Overseas Summer Camp

  San Marino Chinese School San Marino

  CA

  June 2012-August 2012\n\nLed and mentored 7 counselors and 55+ campers from ages 8 to 16 on a personal development trip in Taiwan and China.\n\nLed and guided campers’ personal development by supporting autonomy and daily reflection

  to increase the self-esteem

  independence

  peer relationships and leadership.\n\nInitiated and managed the collaboration with “American counselors” and 30+ local staff to assign groups

  arrange rooms

  and organize activities to provide a comfortable environment and a memorable experience for the campers.\n\nResponsible for coordinating the constant communication between students

  parents

  counselors

  and staff to ensure a smooth planning process.\n\nResponsible for preliminary meetings with misbehaving campers to help them through clear and direct communication to understand rules and consequences of violation.\n

  Chief Counselor

  Chinese Club of San Marino

  Arcadia Realtor Association