November
3, 2015 | 6-8 PM
The
Career Center, Mary Gates Hall, Room 134
http://wespire-uw.splashthat.com
Please join a diverse panel of young
professionals
across
technology, education, public service, and startups
for an interactive workshop about utilizing
your college years
to develop a thriving and meaningful career.
All
majors are encouraged to attend.
Di Ye is founder and coach of ZHENNOVATE LLC, a talent development firm specialized in equipping people
with skills needed to thrive in career and personal life. With her coaching and
consulting services, Di supports her clients on personal development, career,
and life decisions, as well as design thinking and leadership development. She
also advises educational organizations in social-emotional
intelligence development. Di is a
former program manager for Microsoft, an MIT graduate in
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and a founder of several mindfulness and educational initiatives.
She has interned with Seagate, Qualcomm and researched with MIT Media Lab as well as Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging.
Having grown up in China, Di supports
international students on their cultural adaptation journey.
Kurt von Laven is a software engineer at
Endless, where he helps develop an
operating system for the developing world. While a software engineer at Google, he helped raise over $25,000
for a variety of initiatives increasing access
to education for African children. He graduated in the top 20% of his class
from Stanford in 2012 with a B.S. in Computer Science. He helped Stanford save
trees and ~$100,000 by co-organizing a program to reduce paper towel
consumption. Kurt is an American-Costa
Rican and hails from Alabama. He cares deeply about helping others discover
and pursue their passions.
Chelsea
Lei is a public policy professional passionate about helping
individuals and communities realize their potentials. She currently works as a performance auditor at the legislative
branch of King County government.
Prior to moving to Seattle, she was a researcher at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Chelsea holds an A.B. from
Harvard College and an M.A. from Stanford University. During her student years,
she completed internships at the U.S.
Department of the Treasury, Apple
Inc., American Express, Community Service Society of New York,
and The New York Times. Chelsea
hails from China and now finds
herself at home in the Pacific Northwest.
Bao Truong currently works as a nuclear engineer at TerraPower
LLC, an energy innovation company. Bao is a graduate of MIT, where he
earned his Ph.D., Master and Bachelor degrees in Nuclear Science &
Engineering. He is on the board of the MIT
Club of Puget Sound and interviews college applicants to MIT as an Educational Councilor. During his
student years, Bao won various scholarships and fellowships to support his
undergraduate and graduate studies. He also completed internships in
organizations across academia, national
laboratory and industry in the United States and Europe. Bao hails from Vietnam and now lives with his family
in Bellevue.
