EDUCATION

Boston College

School of Arts and Sciences

• Major: Psychology with a concentration in Management

• GPA: 3.53/4.0, Dean's List and several First Honors awards

May 1995

St Joseph Academy

St. Augustine, FL

Graduated Salutatorian

• Member, National Honor Society, National Hispanic Honor Society, Yearbook Club

EXPERIENCE

6/97-9/97

Acme Travel, Inc.

New York, NY

Researcher/Writer, Updated and edited the 1997 Southeast Asia Edition for the world's best selling travel guide.  Backpacked through Bangkok, Southern Thailand and Northern Malaysia for 3 months while researching hotel accommodations, tourist attractions, and local restaurants.

6/97-9/97

National Bureau of Economic Research

Cambridge, MA

Consultant Designed and implemented an online document distribution center for dissemination of economic publications in multiple electronic formats to faculty and other scholars, both for on-site and secure remote access over the Internet. Secure ordering of documents in electronic and paper formats with payment verification features.

6/95-9/96

Triangle Strategies Inc.

Chestnut Hill, MA

Web Consultant Responsible for design of web site presentation and implementation. Leveraged expertise in CGI, C++, and Perl to design web site implementations utilizing dynamic form and database interaction. Created a portable abstraction of an online editor, enabling administrators to remotely update and maintain sites over the Web itself. Applied knowledge of Microsoft Access databases and Visual Basic OLE technology to construct container controls for use in a geographical database. Designed shopping cart-based online stores, enabling clients to market and sell products and services over the web.

1994-1997

Institute of Politics

USF School of Government

Member of the Conferences, Projects, and Study Groups Committees, Served as Liaison to Williams Visiting Fellow and former Speaker of the House, Tom Foley.  Served as Fellows Liaison to former Mayor of Houston, Kathy Whitmire.  Organized and worked on several political conferences sponsored by the IOP. 

1995-1996

Habitat for Humanity

USF Charity Association

Member of the Steering Committee, Organized and led trips to HFH work sites.  Worked on efforts to recruit student volunteers. 

• US citizen. Born and raised in China. Fluent in Mandarin and the Fuzhou dialect

• Enjoy tennis, basketball and cooking.  Like Andre Agassi, Boston Celtics and Sherlock Holmes.