Supported PR outreach during the grand opening of Osaka-based “CharinCo Hostel” by inviting foreign travelers and the press to the grand opening; continued PR pushes to garner more media coverage; crafted branded English language messaging and website content for the hostel; set-up and streamline hostel availability and pricing across five booking platforms

Kiva Fellow working on the ground in the San Francisco Bay Area. Engaging and onboarding small business entrepreneurs to crowdfund 0% interest rate loans from online community of over 70K lenders.

Conduct brand research and collaborate with co-founders of the social enterprise startup to create social media brand voice strategy for social media channels.

• Design and lay out marketing material, including email newsletters, brochures and ads• Assist with copy editing, proofing, and preparing files for printer• Research and gather fonts, images, and designs elements for projects• Perform day-to-day administrative tasks, including client correspondence, billing, media purchases

• Serve as local liaison for business journalists reporting on Taiwan’s pharmaceutical industry• Research and request interviews with local pharmaceutical developers, manufacturers, logistics• Assist with translations when necessary

• Pitch, research, and develop scripts for 3D animated news pieces in science and technology, overseeing production from idea conception to final video • Conduct meetings with production team to develop storylines and visuals for each piece• Write copy and meta content to supplement videos to be published on the web• Edit and produce animated segments with voice narration, video footage, and additional graphics in the style of Tomo News• Monitor and analyze viewer engagement metrics on both the Tomo News website and the Tomo News YouTube channel

• Collaborate with lead investigators and senior researchers to generate experimental questions, and followed up with literature research to design and later to troubleshoot experiments• Assemble research findings into visuals and reports to be presented at laboratory meetings• Organize and manage large volumes of patient samples for large cohort studies, adhering to protocols and best storage practices to maintain sample integrity• Proficiency with pathogen and human cell culture techniques, transfection techniques, plasmid cloning techniques, multiplex PCR, qRT-PCR and gene expression analysis, serological assays including IFA and ELISA, and light and fluorescent microscopy• Projects: 1) Identification of NF-κB pathway genes targeted by Anaplasma phagocytophilum; 2) Development and validation of malaria quadriplex PCR for large cohort studies; 3) Implemented Ehrlichia chafeensis ELISA assay using peptide antigens

• Fact-check news, arts, features, and opinion pieces by conducting secondary interviews and media research online• Assemble and write weekly highlights for events in Baltimore• Assist in research and compilation of Baltimore Dining Guide and 2008 Best of Baltimore Reader’s Poll

• Assist in managing manuscripts, proofs, and other print material through the stages of publication• Construct database using reference management software; maintain electronic and print archive of published book material• Assist production manager with securing book publishing subrights with outside publishers