Karuna Taesopapong
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Chinese Native or bilingual proficiency
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Thai Native or bilingual proficiency
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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French Limited working proficiency
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Experience
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AsiaCommerce Network
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Hong Kong
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Wholesale Import and Export
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1 - 100 Employee
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Community Associate
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Jul 2021 - Present
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Stanford ASES
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United States
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Bootcamp Co-Director
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Sep 2020 - Present
ASES is Stanford's premier global entrepreneurship organization, hosting events that connect entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and from around the world. Bootcamp Co-Director:- Organize and design 3 month long entrepreneurship program for Stanford freshman and sophomore students. Bootcamp Fellow:- Selected as one of 40 members from over 300 applicants. - Created product and competed in pitch deck competition, winning 2nd place. Launchpad Organizer:- Organized entrepreneurship event for under-resourced high schoolers, teaching them about need-finding, design-thinking, creating a business model and pitch deck, etc. - Planned event program and reached out to Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, VCs, and professors to speak at event.
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UnShackled Thailand
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Thailand
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Non-profit Organizations
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Founder and President
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Jan 2019 - Dec 2020
- Pioneered "UnShackled Forum," Thailand's inaugural domestic violence law conference to educate undergraduate law students about local domestic violence laws; partnered with WC&P, Thailand's largest legal firm; worked with some of Thailand's most prominent women's rights activists such as Watcharapon Kukaewkasem who served as mentors at the event; UN Women was one of the event's attendees. (cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic)- Led "The Seri Initiative," a month-long college consulting service for high school students and raised approximately 150,000 baht; partnered with MASK.forthe.MASSES and worked with leading Thai luxury designer brands Asava and Vatanika to create one-of-a-kind masks for auction, raising almost 50,000 baht; 100% of proceeds were donated to the the "Freedom Restoration Project" based in Mae Sot, Thailand to support victims of domestic abuse. - Serve as a facilitator for UnShackled's discussion circles where high school students participate to discuss gender-based violence in order to garner a deeper understanding of the issue. - Manage UnShackled's website, #Speak blog, and social media pages on Instagram and Facebook, and create/oversee the content that is shared.
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Founder and President
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Jul 2017 - Dec 2019
- Hosted multiple Open Mic Night fundraisers using period pads as entry tickets as a means to destigmatize and raise awareness for period poverty; proceeds from the events were all donated to local women's NGOs such as Baan Rajavithi Home for Girls and Friends of Thai Daughters; raised a total of more than 350,000 THB. - Ran workshops on sex education and female hygiene for young girls living in rural villages of northern Thailand.- Created an environmentally-friendly reusable period pad; production process was taught in workshops to women living in rural villages of northern Thailand to promote accessibility and sustainability of period products. - Oversaw social media pages and content of organization.
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Oxbridge Human Development Research Group
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United Kingdom
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Public Policy Offices
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1 - 100 Employee
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Panelist
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Jan 2019 - Jun 2019
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Education
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Stanford University
Bachelor's degree, Economics, Music (minor)