Extracurricular
- Editor and Staff of School Newspaper
- I am rather fond of the First Amendment, and what better way to show it than through journalism? I love being a leader in my school paper, the Fleet Street News, but my true passion lies in the actual writing.
- Key Club
- I can always get really fun volunteering and community service opportunities through Key Club. Plus they feed us pizza sometimes.
- National Honor Society
- Like Key Club, NHS is really just a way for me to find service opps. I really, really love community service. Also, they feed us cookies sometimes.
- Girls Honor Club
- Girls Honor is another one of my buttloads of service resources. They are mostly about decorating for dances, but I joined for the perks of having more chances to do volunteer work. I'm not kidding when I say I love to volunteer!
- Drama Club
- My school is really big on musical theater, something I admire but don't really have the talent for. I had always wanted to be part of the production of something so magical, so I joined the ranks of the backstage stars. I worked as an award-winning crew
- Girl Scouts
- I was skeptical about joining, but I'm glad I did. Involvement in Girl Scouts turned out to mean more charity event planning and amazing adventures than selling cookies. I would have never gotten the opportunity to go camping, hiking, canoeing, or horseba
- The American Cancer Society
- Being part of the ACS is something I will most definitely do for the rest of my life. We do good work and have a good time doing it. We raise money, awareness, and hope - three very important things in the war against cancer.
- The American Cancer Society Committee
- I volunteer to work with the Greater West Division of the American Cancer Society, specifically with the Relay for Life event.
- Key Club events
- I do various work with my school's Key Club for my community. This has included environmental clean-up, services for children, tutoring, book drives, and food drives.
- Summer Musical Program
- I took part in my high school's summer production of Roger and Hammerstein's Cinderella. For weeks, we rehearsed to be the opening act for the play. In voice lessons, I worked to overcome my natural voice, which makes people cringe and back out of the roo
- School Newspaper
- My position as editor of my school's Fleet Street News is my ultimate weapon. The newspaper has opened up a whole new world for me. While defending the First Amendment, I get opportunities to talk to all different kinds of people at my school about the is
- The American Cancer Society
- Being a leader in the American Cancer Society is something I will most definitely do for the rest of my life. We do good work and have a good time doing it. We raise money, awareness, and hope - three very important things in the war against cancer.
- Member
- Salle Auriol Fencing Club
- I fight people with swords!
Experience
- Photographer and Filer
- Golden International Corporation
- 2009 to
- I took pictures of the products and filed them on the GIC website.
- Student Technician
- Odegaard Undergraduate Library (Education)
- 2011 to Now
Honors & Awards
1161 1284 Creative Communication's Young Writers Contest
National Merit Commended Scholar
National Merit Commended Scholar
Specialties & Skills
My essay - an opinion editorial against book censorship - was deemed by Creative Communication as "one of high merit and was chosen for publication."
Info
Basic
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Last Update:
March 30, 2012
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Gender:
Female
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Birthday:
January 28
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Religious:
No affiliation
Background
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Ethnicity:
Asian
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Heritage:
Chinese // Taiwanese
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Citizenship:
US Citizen // Taiwan
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Fluent Language:
Chinese // English // Mandarin
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First Gen Student:
Yes
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Hometown:
Taipei, Taiwan
Interests
- Psychology
Favorites
- Movies:
Juno, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Day Before Tomorrow, Shattered Glass, The Princess Bride, 10 Things I Hate About You, Penelope
- TV Shows:
Veronica Mars, The Colbert Report, Pushing Daisies, LOST, House M.D., Castle, How I Met Your Mother, Community, 30 Rock, Chuck
- Music:
Indie, Alternative, Classic Rock, piano-based soft rock, some Modern Rock, Jazz, some R&B, some Classical, showtunes, French chansonnier.
Some faves: the Shins, Jack Johnson, the Rat Pack (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, etc.), Sutton Foster, Julia Nunes, - Websites:
nytimes.com
- Quotes:
"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all"-Noam Chomsky
- Books:
Markus Zusak, J.K. Rowling, Harper Lee, Khaled Hosseini, Megan McCafferty, J.D. Salinger, Dr. Seuss, Alexandre Dumas, J. Moriarty, Ray Bradbury, Garth Stein, Jim Butcher, Stephen Chboksy, Mark Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jane Austen, Tom Robbins, Louisa M
