EXPERIENCES & INITIATVES

Bachelor of Arts, Sociology

Minor in Asian Canadian Asian Migration 

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CONTENT CREATOR

Kipling Media 
June 2019 - Current

Strategizes and executes digital marketing for brands across all social platform.  Tasks include:

creative direction, photography, film, team & project management, marketing research,

and more.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

& FILMMAKER

UBC VICE PROVOST INTERNATIONAL 
May. 2019 - July 2019

Collaborated closely with UBC's Vice Provost, Murali Chandrashekaran, and Vice Provost International team to help engage senior leaders from universities along the Pacific Rim with APRU Senior's Conference event teaser. Ins

COMMUNITY CONSULTANT

Hua Foundation
Oct. 2018 - July 2019

Working on behalf of the City of Vancouver. Engaging with small local businesses (Vietnamese & other Southeast Asian communities) on the Single-Use Item Reduction Strategy (City's Zero Waste 2040 Policy) in Vancouver. Providing appropriate language support, and producing engagement materials including postcards, and visual presentations for public education purposes.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR & FILMMAKER

ASSISTANT FILM PRODUCER 

Vancouver Asian Film Festival
Jul. 2018 - Nov. 2018

Managed film budget, cast & crew, and secured filming locations, for a Japanese Canadian community film project that was widely celebrated by the Canada-Japan Council of British Columbia (CJCBC) and the Consulate General of Japan.

LECTURER

UBC Sociology
November 2016

Engaged with UBC student body on the topic of intergenerational transmission of culture & heritage languages. Held conversations between lived experiences and literary work from contemporary cultural studies; presented open dialogue on cultural inheritances in support of empowering younger generations from marginalized ethnic communities in Canada.

COMMUNITY COMMITTEE MEMBER

Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood House
May 2015 - Nov. 2015

In collaboration with Vancouver Foundation. Promoted healthy and thriving neighbourhoods in a 3-month deliberating process that determined distribution of $35,000 to approved community building projects. Worked with sponsored projects to help planners execute process successfully.

MEDIA COORDINATOR & CORE MEMBER

VCSA Vancouver
Nov. 2014 - May 2016

Helped built Vancouver's first non-profit Vietnamese American and Canadian organization that focused on building a community of young Vietnamese professionals (Vietnamese Culture & Science Association). Took part in program management, including Vietnamese youth mentorship, and charity events.  Produced promotional content for largest Vietnamese Leadership Retreat in North America, Lên Đường Camp. Promotional video was featured in Vietnamese American/Canadian news outlet, Thời Báo. 

FUN FACT:

I was a bank teller for 4 years at TD Canada Trust throughout my undergraduate program.

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Aside from carrying out daily banking procedures, I used the opportunity to build relationships with local business owners and community members. I became more proficient in Vietnamese after having engaged with so many Vietnamese uncles and aunties. I never thought that I would end up spending so much time working within the financial sector but I learned to seek opportunities wherever possible no matter how unconventional the process may seem.

Get in touch today to learn more about working with me.