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Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• coauthored a working paper on China’s overseas development investment funds• organized and hosted 30 research interviews with experts across different industries, hosted focus groups with renewable energy technology experts, communicated with 50+ contacts to organize their participation in interviews and workshops, and to build up long-term relationships• contributed to developmental planning and conducting research and data analysis to produce policy recommendations for greening investment in the BRI• researched China's overseas development finance for the Center's public databases • geolocated China’s policy bank loans on internal app to assess environmental impact

• Researched, drafted, and edited reports for corporate and government clients on China’s economic statecraft, economic growth, trade and overseas finance, as well as reports on technological and industrial development in China, and the U.S.• Conducted quantitative economic research to analyze trends in global trade and investment, government spending, debt, and economic growth, and produced data visualizations using Excel and Powerpoint

Meghalaya, India

• analyzed a political leadership reservation policy for the government of India using STATA, produced final report

• taught two weekly discussion sections for the course Climate Change and Sustainability at BU's School of Earth and Environments• planned weekly lessons which included lecture and interactive materials, created lecture materials • graded assignments, hosted office hours

• collaborated with the machine learning team to develop natural language processing guidelines to build AI products• interpreted and categorized qualitative data on government training programs

Lexington, Massachusetts, United States

• Researched and wrote 20+ museum signs on the Asia-Pacific War for the National Museum of Military Vehicles• Designed graphic assets for signs, performed copy editing services

Montreal, Canada Area

• Lead five executives in strategy development and execution of initiatives for our department of 250+, organized 10+ events, including: research presentation conference, networking event, and language exchangeAwards: Best Small Departmental Association, Best Academic Event

Greater Boston Area

• Working with marketing team to plan and implement social media posts through integrated social media management program• Social media strategy and growth planning• Creating media for campaigns

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

• Provided customer service including: phone, in-person and written communications• Sold tickets for cruises

Lexington, Ma

Ogunquit, Maine

Shanghai City, China

Hearts China is an NGO focused on improving the quality of life and the social equality of people with special needs in China through the medium of art. The Social Enterprise Unit of heArtS China works to connect companies, individuals, other organizations, etc. with special needs artists, to bring more support to them and to the art programs. • Performed event coordination and logistics for events of over 400 people including: event planning and project proposal design, negotiations with partners, coordination with sponsors, talent, artists, community directors and Hearts art students• Developed and executed marketing on the heArts official web site, Facebook, WeChat, Weibo, and live events• Wrote and edited contracts for sponsorship and events, printing contracts• Managed databases of student work and the Hearts archive platform• Researched international NGO development and practices with special focus on the US and China, market research for potential pathways of community engagement

York Beach, Maine

Masters Of Global Policy - Development Policy

GPA 4.0/4.0 Academic Achievement Award (2023) Adil Najam Fellowship (2022) Dean's Scholarship (2021-2023) Graduate Student Council.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Development Economics And International Development

Minor in East Asian Studies, Chinese Language Award for exchange semester at City University of Hong Kong (2020) President of East Asian.

Chinese Language And Literature

Awarded scholarship to participate in Intensive Chinese Language Program at Shantou University in affiliation with McGill University.

Chinese Language And Literature