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Vancouver, Canada Area

• Managed partnerships with partner schools and school districts in BC, Canada
• Recruited, trained, and placed tech industry volunteers to help teach computer science (CS) in high school classrooms
• Organized and presented engaging informational sessions with school officials, companies, and organizations
• Maintained consistent, frequent engagement with volunteers and teachers to ensure the success of the program
• Collaborated with local organizations to build a CS education… Show more
• Collaborated with local organizations to build a CS education community in BC

Vancouver, BC

• Oversaw the Microsoft Philanthropies TEALS (Technology Education And Literacy in Schools) program in BC, Canada
• Supported TEALS partnering Secondary schools and teachers build and develop their Computer Science programs
• Recruited and trained volunteer industry mentors, connect them with TEALS teachers, and support them throughout the school year as they work with teachers and students in the classrooms
• Organized events and create incentives to drive excitement for CS… Show more
• Organized events and create incentives to drive excitement for CS education among students, educators and volunteer industry mentors
• Collaborated with community partners to grow the importance of CS education in BC Show less

Burnaby

• Developed and implemented lessons for the following classes: AP Computer Science A, AP Chinese, Mandarin 9-12, Math 8, Math 8 Honours, Math 9, Math 9 Honours, Pre-Calculus 11
• Co-sponsored the junior Math club and co-coached the grade 8 and 9 school teams for the provincial Math Challengers competition
• Collaborated with staff at the Burnaby Art Gallery to design the "Where Coast Salish Art and Math Collides" workshops
• Led the Grade 11 Numeracy Morning as one of the facilitators… Show more
• Led the Grade 11 Numeracy Morning as one of the facilitators as a member of the school's Numeracy Committee and participated in school's Pro-D committee (2017-2018)
• Co-presented workshop "Implementing the New Math 8 and 9 Curriculum" with M. Nicolidakis at Burnaby School District's Professional Development Day (February, 2017)

Weifang, Shandong, China

• Developed and implemented unit and lesson plans for Math 12, Chemistry 12 and IT 10 (BC curriculum)
• Designed various activities such as in-class presentations, journal writing, poster projects and Readers' Theater that tailor to ESL students
• Incorporated the use of technology in Math 12: spreadsheet, TI-83 graphing calculator and GeoGebra labs
• Coordinated the school yearbook club of about 15 students with a fellow teacher
• Assisted in maintaining the school web site

• Implemented software repairs, enhancements and change requests for client/server applications in Java, C++ and Visual Basic
• Collaborated with Technical Leads and Customer Support Analysts to troubleshoot customer issues
• Developed internal utilities for miscellaneous tasks in Perl, UNIX Shell scripts and SQL
• Defined unit test cases and performes system integration testing
• Organized the company's ping-pong tournament
• Served as VP of Public Relations for the company's… Show more

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Curriculum Studies

• Received Four Year Doctoral Fellowship (4YF) and President's Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award • Worked as a Graduate Teaching.

Master Of Science - Msc, Secondary Mathematics Education

• Thesis topic: Incorporating Coding and Computational Thinking in BC Secondary Mathematics Classrooms (under supervision of Dr. Nathalie.

Bachelor Of Education, Secondary Option

Activities and Societies: UBC Literature Etc. • Teachable subjects: Computer Science, Mathematics, Mandarin • Graduated with Outstanding.

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science (Honours) With Co-Op

Activities and Societies: UBC Literature Etc., UBC Table Tennis Club, UBC Management Information Systems Club • Graduated with Dean’s.