So Far...
Born 1981 on the Chinese version of Valentine's Day. Romantic/pain in the butt by birthright.
1983 Kicked out of Day Care for being disruptive to other children
1984 Moved to the U.S. Hello New Orleans/SF!
1993 Biggest Nerd Award - I think I won everything at school that year
1995 Lost of one of childhood best friends to gang violence in Oakland
1996 Suspended from Junior High for being disruptive - aka initiating one of the largest food fights in the history of Westlake Jr. High
1998 California State Senate Award for Outstanding Community Service (working on youth crime prevention)
*That one was for you Thanh. <3
1999 Learned how to use a dishwasher in University
2001 Did research, got published in a paper, started a sorority
2002 Suspended from UCSB for not giving a rat's ass
Wrote an emo poetry blog instead, ha!
2004 Graduated. Sold everything. Worked with grassroots women's organizations in South Asia. Moved to Beijing
2005 Part of strategy/corporate BD team for Sequoia backed startup based in China
2007 Startup IPO on NYSE
UCSB Commencement speech nod *hilarious*
Came back for a conference, mom gets advanced cancer :(
Moved back to SF Bay to take care of her, travel around SE Asia in between move
2008 Global Financial Crisis. Crappy job prospects. I go to Africa, Spain, other parts of Europe for a few months while mom was ok
2008 -2010 Work at environmental consultancy. Save. Take care of Mom. Mom becomes terminally ill.
2010 Quit job and take Mom around the world.
2011 Launched my first startup, Mom passes away, startup fails, do freelance, helped launch entrepreneurship events series which was precursor to an accelerator program
2011 - 2012 Major existential crisis/ anxiety. When in doubt, go to Bali, do yoga and write.
2013 Write write write. Here I am writing again... Feeling grounded and spiritual again. Love it.
1983 Kicked out of Day Care for being disruptive to other children
1984 Moved to the U.S. Hello New Orleans/SF!
1993 Biggest Nerd Award - I think I won everything at school that year
1995 Lost of one of childhood best friends to gang violence in Oakland
1996 Suspended from Junior High for being disruptive - aka initiating one of the largest food fights in the history of Westlake Jr. High
1998 California State Senate Award for Outstanding Community Service (working on youth crime prevention)
*That one was for you Thanh. <3
1999 Learned how to use a dishwasher in University
2001 Did research, got published in a paper, started a sorority
2002 Suspended from UCSB for not giving a rat's ass
Wrote an emo poetry blog instead, ha!
2004 Graduated. Sold everything. Worked with grassroots women's organizations in South Asia. Moved to Beijing
2005 Part of strategy/corporate BD team for Sequoia backed startup based in China
2007 Startup IPO on NYSE
UCSB Commencement speech nod *hilarious*
Came back for a conference, mom gets advanced cancer :(
Moved back to SF Bay to take care of her, travel around SE Asia in between move
2008 Global Financial Crisis. Crappy job prospects. I go to Africa, Spain, other parts of Europe for a few months while mom was ok
2008 -2010 Work at environmental consultancy. Save. Take care of Mom. Mom becomes terminally ill.
2010 Quit job and take Mom around the world.
2011 Launched my first startup, Mom passes away, startup fails, do freelance, helped launch entrepreneurship events series which was precursor to an accelerator program
2011 - 2012 Major existential crisis/ anxiety. When in doubt, go to Bali, do yoga and write.
2013 Write write write. Here I am writing again... Feeling grounded and spiritual again. Love it.