Experience

Hawaii Community College

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Coordinator

  • Dec 2022 - Present

  Promote and recruit for the Hospitality and Tourism Program at Hawaii Community College; Outreach to the visitor industry partners and create internships and mentorships; Gather information from industry partners to create in-need curriculums and courses; Help new lecturers to navigate the program and the courses; Provide students with counseling and suggestions to prompt their academic and career success. Promote and recruit for the Hospitality and Tourism Program at Hawaii Community College; Outreach to the visitor industry partners and create internships and mentorships; Gather information from industry partners to create in-need curriculums and courses; Help new lecturers to navigate the program and the courses; Provide students with counseling and suggestions to prompt their academic and career success.



Creative Cultural Exchange Institute

• Honolulu

• Founder & Program Manager

  • Feb 2018 - Present

  • Program Development – develop themes, and relevant activities based on the requirement from students, schools and other clients; • Managing the WeChat Official Account (微信公众号) – researching articles related to education and studying in US in English online, translating them into Chinese, and posting them on the official account; composing Chinese articles based on recent hot topics; responding to comments • Quality Control -- make sure each program is conducted in a way that’s in line with the Mission of the Institute which is to provide students with high value and quality educational and cultural exchange experiences; • Resource Outreach & Coordination -- reach out to local education and cultural-based partners, exchange ideas with them and coordinate with them to carry out each activity; • Logistics Arrangement – arrange local accommodation, transportation, dining and entertainment for participants of each program. Show less



travel2change

• United States
• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Contractor

  • Oct 2020 - Jul 2022



Ong King Art Center

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vegan and Gluten-free Chef

  • Sep 2017 - Dec 2019

  - Cooking for a crowd on a weekly basis, working with organic and local ingredients; - Catering and Menu design, creating dishes that match with themes of different events; - Cost and benefit control - Social media promotion - Cooking for a crowd on a weekly basis, working with organic and local ingredients; - Catering and Menu design, creating dishes that match with themes of different events; - Cost and benefit control - Social media promotion



Hawaii Food Tours

• Honolulu

• Local Food Ambassador

  • Dec 2017 - Mar 2019

  • Explained and demonstrated to different customer types and preparations of local cuisine. • Kept customers engage, and inform them of notable places and events in the history of Hawaiian food. • Made connections with a number of vendors and farms to ensure we were providing our customers in the highest quality food • Explained and demonstrated to different customer types and preparations of local cuisine. • Kept customers engage, and inform them of notable places and events in the history of Hawaiian food. • Made connections with a number of vendors and farms to ensure we were providing our customers in the highest quality food



University of Hawaii at Manoa

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Assistant

  • Aug 2015 - Jul 2017

  • Managed TRINET, an email distribution list that connects thousands of members of the international tourism research and education community; • Assisted two professors with their research, including literature selection and data collection; • Managed TRINET, an email distribution list that connects thousands of members of the international tourism research and education community; • Assisted two professors with their research, including literature selection and data collection;



Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)

• Thailand
• Travel Arrangements
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Excecutive Assistant

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2014

  • Conference, trade shows and event management, including event rundown development, logistics arrangement for participants, coordinating among stakeholders, and on-site and risk management; • Project management, including preparation of bidding documents, ensuring all the tasks on time-track, logistics arrangement, negotiation and communication with local governments about the projects; • Translation, including collecting travel and tourism statistics from China end and translating the key points into English, translating news releases, promotional ads, brochures and official letters from English to Chinese, and verbally translating for the CEO and foreign guests. • Media relationship maintaining, including keeping in touch with tourism media in China, communication and negotiation partnership with these media outlets. Show less