Entrepreneurship Programs Coordinator, California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | October 2022-present

Position at the Office of Technology Transfer and Corporate Partnerships:

Marketing/Communications:

• Assumed responsibility for website maintenance from EAS. Besides eliminating outsourcing costs, this has increased the speed and efficiency of program execution. This efficiency has been extremely necessary for carrying out the Bill Gross and Tim Ryan gifts, as both donors asked for programs to be created, developed, and executed, with corresponding websites made, and needed to be acted upon quickly for the program to be carried out in the 2023/2024 academic year. Self-taught the skills in both Wagtail and Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (within 2 months of starting the position) to accomplish the following:
  • Add 1 main menu page with 5 child pages (Entrepreneurship main page and its 6 child pages – one is private and password-protected). For each page, BC wrote all content, with editing feedback from office managers, and created webpage layout and design.
  • Create the website’s yearly statistics graphics using Photoshop and update the website accordingly.
  • Work with members of the Licensing team to update the Software Disclosure form as well as the Privacy Policy pages.
  • Add two webpages for Corporate Partnerships team.
  • Coordinate social media management (LinkedIn, Instagram).
  • Re-launch the News section of the website, and write stories about CIC companies, office programs, and other Caltech innovation-related news.
  • Write email and printed content, marketing materials, captions, etc. for both inward- and outward-facing communications.
  • Join the Communications Council to be an OTTCP presence in the group and to learn how communications are done across campus to apply and integrate strategies in OTTCP.
• Graphics, promotional materials, marketing strategy:
  • Took responsibility for the impact report within 2 months of starting at OTTCP, saving the office $4K in graphic design costs for each FY brochure and significantly cutting down on the time to get feedback on the design.
  • Create events and promotional material, taking initiative to generate and theme design choices.
  • Created a sustainability brochure for a new program for CP that matched a similar 3-fold brochure that EAS had produced, which is also used on the Sustainability Partnership Program page that BC built.
  • Created high-res, transparent versions of the office logos for improved usage across multiple media.
  • Created mockups of potential alternate office logos in Adobe Illustrator.
  • For the Bill Gross Prize, investigated lines of communication across campus for marketing, which was then used to create the marketing proposal and strategy for the Tim Ryan gift. Executes the marketing – creating both digital and physical promotional materials, pushing to various channels – for both gifts.
    • The Bill Gross Prize ended up receiving 80 applicants in the first year as a result of the marketing efforts, and the info session event had 50+ attendees, one of the highest turnouts for an event of that type.
  • Prior to starting this position, had limited experience with Photoshop and no prior experience with Adobe InDesign or Illustrator. Self-taught skills in all 3 applications (within 2 months of starting the position) to create the flyers, brochures, and logo materials for the office.
• Presented on the office’s goals and local impact to Leadership Pasadena’s 2024 and 2025 cohorts, which were well-received and prompted questions and interest in the office’s work. 

Gifts and Student Entrepreneurship Programs:

• Implement programming for the San Pietro, Bill Gross, and Tim Ryan gifts. Most of these duties have been mentioned in other brackets above, though additionally:
• Supports the OTTCP Summer Internship in Entrepreneurship: publishing and monitoring job postings on the CALE portal, communicating with and fielding questions from applicants, and helping to organize, plan, and execute programming. 

Caltech Innovation Center:

• From February 2023 to August 2025, intook new CIC tenants from start to finish, including:
  • Leading tours of the building,
  • Drafting lease agreements and processing them for execution,
  • Helping review insurance documents for new tenants, and
  • Submitting External Affiliate (EA) paperwork, ID card requests, and keys for new tenants with other Caltech departments.
  • Of the 16 historical CIC tenants, fully processed the intake for 13, but has processed renewal, room amendments, and/or adding/removing EAs for 15 of them:
    • Learned the skills necessary for these tasks within the first 6 months of her role in preparation for the Director of the Caltech Innovation Center’s maternity leave and upkept some of the Director’s responsibilities over her maternity leave (May 8-November 1, ~6 months). This helped alleviate responsibility-sharing burdens on other Directors in the office.
      • In May 2023, CIC monthly rent income was $4584; by November 2023, CIC monthly rent income was $8094. During those 6 months, CIC monthly rent income increased by $3510 (76.6%). Of the 17 total original offices available, 6 rooms were rented in May 2023; by November 2023, 12 were rented out.
• Coordinated with Facilities for building maintenance (Lock Shop, custodians, repairs, etc.).
• Upkept the CIC budget with events spending and rent receipt.
  • Helped assemble financial report to the Provost’s Office for Building 15 in 2023.
• Served as a main point of communication regarding the building (with tenants, other departments).
• Attended Greater Los Angeles Incubator Network meetings.
• Continued responsibilities:
• Created and maintains listserv with all the current tenants for ease of communications.
• Helps maintain the CIC@caltech.edu inbox, which is used not only for CIC business but also CIC/OTTCP events, intern and gift program communications.
• Coordinates monthly Innovators’ Lunches, which help establish the Caltech innovation community on campus, and creates the marketing and communications materials (email content, graphics, creates and manages Eventbrite).

Administrative Coordinator, Mundo Academy | Los Angeles, CA | August 2021-October 2022 

– Administrative Coordinator for socially conscious, Los Angeles-based private tutoring company, Mundo Academy.
– Administrative tasks included but were not limited to: writing and editing marketing copy; creating marketing and advertising graphics, videos, and social media content; researching and aiding the establishment of marketing and social media strategy; creating email templates and newsletters; writing blog content; website editing (adding pages, dropdown menus, adding anchor links, updating content, etc.); event planning.

Examples include:
– A video advertisement (page 33) for the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce’s inaugural digital magazine, The Pasadena Perspective for Winter 2021.

– Authorized purchaser for business supplies, materials, advertisements.
– Provided support in managing private tutoring side of Mundo’s business, including tasks such as: writing tutor handbook, managing calendars and schedules, compiling resources for lesson creation and student assessment, analyzing assessment/test results and creating client proposals, interfacing with clients, facilitating client-tutor communication.
– Provided support to the school services side of Mundo’s business, such as: creating, formatting, and printing worksheets and in-class materials; creating communication forms; writing employee handbook; compiling tutor schedules; aiding HR process (application review, scheduling, initial interviews, calling references); literacy lesson planning for multiple elementary schools.

Blogs written include (in oldest-most recent chronological order):
– How to Write Better Essays for High School
– Better Home Routines for Students’ Learning
– Should You Mention COVID-19 in Your College Personal Statement?
– Middle and High School Application Tips
– Career Exploration before College
– Essential Study Habits for Middle School
– Are APs Important?
– How to Choose AP Courses

Mundo Academy English, Writing, Math, and Test Prep Tutor | Los Angeles, CA | August 2020-October 2022 

– English and writing tutor, math tutor, multi-subject tutor and academic coach, literacy coach, and test prep tutor for Los Angeles-based private tutoring company, Mundo Academy.
– Taught students from grade 4-12.
– Experience teaching neurodivergent students, primarily those with ADHD, but also students with mild auditory processing disorder.
– Parents of students provided two 5-star Yelp! reviews praising the quality of tutoring.
– Wrote and presented scripts on grammar concepts for a series of videos for Mundo Academy to use, which were also made into Nearpods.
– Wrote blog posts and made social media graphics.

Digital Storyteller, Pasadena Educational Foundation | Pasadena, CA | December 2019-November 2022

Wrote, researched, and conducted interviews for online content and stories for the Pasadena Educational Foundation. Worked under the Marketing Director, Monica Bosserman Lopez.

Stories and areas worked on include:
– the Center for Student and Family Services,
– Teacher Grants,
– PEF Arts programs like My Masterpieces and Open Stage,
– PEF Academic and Art Scholarships,
– PEF Summer,
– Volunteer Spotlights, and
– Spotlights on the PUSD Community.

The June 2020 Scholarship story on the Manwani Family Scholarships inspired the creation of a new scholarship, the Hopes and Dreams Scholarship, within the same month.

A September 28, 2021 story featuring Willard Elementary’s garden was republished and shared by local newspaper, Colorado Boulevard, on September 30, 2021.

A November 10, 2021 update on PUSD’s Farm to School program was republished and shared by local Newspaper, Pasadena Now, on November 11, 2021.

Private Tutor | Pasadena, CA | September 2019-January 2021

– Tutored a middle schooler in math, science, and history, with emphasis on writing for English. 
– Helped student apply and earn admission to Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy.

College Essay and Application Tutor | Pasadena, CA | August 2019-January 2020

– Helped the student plan and edit a research paper, suggesting new sources, clearer essay structure, stronger vocabulary, and more concise writing choices. 
– Edited and polished their college essays, helping the student earn admission to Brown University.

College Essay and Application Tutor, Private Tutor | Pasadena, CA | September 2018-August 2019 

– Edited and polished college essays to improve grammar, clarity, structure, and style.
– Student was accepted to study at New York University in May 2019. 
– Wrote a three-page, personalized essay writing guide for the student to reference.
– Created and ran a bespoke intensive writing course prior to the student’s departure to college to reinforce stronger writing and studying practices.

Writing Coach and Editor | Pasadena, CA | September 2018-June 2019

– Focused on story development, structure, and sci-fi/fantasy genre world-building for a young author. 
– Edited creative pieces and provided suggestions for improvement. 
– Helped student apply and successfully transfer to the California School of the Arts San Gabriel. 

University of St Andrews Students’ Association | St Andrews, Fife, Scotland | April 2016-June 2018

Treasurer, St Andrews Voluntary Service, April 2016-June 2018

Treasurer for registered Scottish charity, St Andrews Voluntary Service, which is run entirely by students. Responsibilities and accomplishments included:
– Book-keeping
– Budget management over all projects (maintaining a surplus of funds over both years of treasurership)
– Writing and authorising checks to reimburse volunteers
– Occasionally helping make graphics for the SVS Facebook page and event pages

Member for Gender Equality, Students’ Representative Council, March 2017-April 2018

Representative role with flexible remit, sitting on both the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) and the Equal Opportunities Committee (Equal Ops).

Accomplishments:
– Created a Sexual Health and Safety Guide collating the university’s sexual misconduct policy with other information from sources like the Fife Rape and Sexual Assault Centre, which was completed in August 2017, ready for Freshers Week 2017 (see link below).
– Wrote the accommodation and health sections for a Wellbeing/Support portal for the Your Union website, which launched as the Help Hub in May 2018, and wrote the drug information of the personal safety section. Sections for physical health and personal safety were heavily edited, but the accommodation section strongly reflects the work that I wrote in September 2017.
– Helped advertise and create media for a new sexual defence program organised by the University of St Andrews Jiu Jitsu Club.
– As part of the Equal Ops Committee, helped organise events in collaboration with student societies for Pangea, a festival and project celebrating the cultural diversity within St Andrews.
– Worked in collaboration with the following societies: Women for Women International, Feminist Society of St Andrews, For Her, Her Choice, Sexpression, and HeforSheSt Andrews, on an International Women’s Day drop-in speaker, performance, and mood cafe event. The cover photo, event page designs, and program I made for the event are attached below. Arranged for our current principal, Professor Sally Mapstone, Emily Yates, from Enhance the UK, and Dr. Katie Garner, the Equality Representative for the School of English to speak at the event, along with students from various societies, committees, and groups to perform and speak at the event on topics they are passionate about!

Post-term, the International Women’s Day event I organised was recognised in the 3 April 2018 edition of the Your Union Newsletter as making the Equal Opportunities Committee the society/subcommittee of the month.

Elections Officer, February-March 2018

Elections Officer responsibilities included:
– Responding to emails and inquiries to the salect@ account
– Reviewing and approving nominated candidates’ statements
– Upkeeping candidates’ budgets spreadsheets
– Announcing nominations and withdrawals on official @saelect Facebook and Twitter accounts
– Monitoring Facebook and Twitter for campaigning violations
– Monitoring Facebook campaign groups
– Attending and monitoring some of the official hustings, question hours, and other official events
– Remaining neutral throughout the entire elections process

Member without Portfolio, Accommodation Subcommittee, October 2016-April 2017

All committee members shared general duties, but this role had a focus on working with individuals and their concerns. Responsibilities and accomplishments included:
– Researched letting agencies, wrote and added text, and edited How to Rent Guide 2016 edition
– Helped write content for How to Rent presentation as well as presenting the How to Rent talk with three other committee members
– Held drop-in sessions with committee members on accommodation process and answered students’ concerns
– Wrote majority of Accommodation Matchmaking online form

Secretary and Events Coordinator, Alumni Committee, April 2016-April 2017

Responsibilities and accomplishments included:
– Taking and distributing minutes
– Monitoring and responding to inquiries to the Alumni email account
– Arranging events such as socials but also alumni panel events (such as a job panel featuring alumni working in the Green sector), involving: contacting alumni, arranging schedules, booking rooms, publicity on social media.
– Created a transparent version of the Alumni Festival logo to watermark photos

Marketing Consultant, Clairbourn School | San Gabriel, CA | August 2017

Provided marketing consultancy on areas such as culture, age demographics and trends, and Facebook usage.

PolySummer Teaching Assistant | Pasadena, CA | June 2017-July 2017

– Teaching assistant for three 3rd-5th grade mathematics and logic classes, one high school level precalculus course, and one kindergarten reading class for Polytechnic School. 
– Helped maintain students’ focus and discipline, upkept classroom supplies, made photocopies of classroom materials, and aided teachers in any way they required. 

Marketing Intern, Clairbourn School | San Gabriel, CA | June-August 2016

Intern work included:
– Digitizing of 30 yearbooks
– Summer program photography, contributing to nine photo albums on Flickr (ex: here, here, and here)
– Competition research
– Writing blog posts
– Assisting Mandarin brochure editing
– GIF creation for advertising media
– Assorted organizational tasks

Developed skills in Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, and HTML editing. Reference below.

Volunteering

Learning Works! Charter School Tutor | Pasadena, CA | Summer 2011 & Summer 2012

Tutored students of all ages, either one-on-one or in groups based on need. 
– Subjects taught included all levels of math up to trigonometry, physics, and English. 
– Graded assignments and provided feedback on papers.