A brief personal timeline.
January
- I stay in New Orleans Louisiana for a month.
March
- I move from Philadelphia Pennsylvania to New Jersey.
April
- I visit Seattle and also stop by Portland Oregon for the first time.
- I experience Agust D/Suga in concert in the UBS Arena.
May
- I visit Orlando Florida with my West Coast friends.
August
- I visit the Renaissance Faire.
September
- I am hired at IEEE as a Technical Community Program Specialist
- I attend the Global Citizen Festival and experience performances by Anitta, Conan Gray, 3RACHA, and Jungkook.
October
- I visit Detroit Michigan briefly for a work trip.
- I visit New Orleans.
November
- I visit New Orleans for Thanksgiving and roast my first bird.
December
- I participate in the Big Chill 5k with a time of 47:36.3
2023
2022
January
- Joined the Community Art Collaborative
May
- I am hired as a Business Operations Analyst at W Energy Software, an oil and gas software company.
July
- I travel to Houston Texas briefly for a work trip.
October
- I visit Tulsa Oklahoma briefly for a work trip.
- I visit Seattle.
December
- I visit Orlando Florida with friends.
July
- I visit Seattle.
April
- I go on a road trip to visit a majority of the west coast national parks.
December
- I see my first BTS concert with my best friend.
- I visit Orlando Florida with my family.
2021
2020
October
- I directly manage and am responsible for the members on my team
August
- Moved out!
February
- I visit Seattle
- I attend my first Mardi Gras!
January
- I am promoted to Operations Manager.
August
- I visit my extended family in China for the first time in 9 years.
June
- I go on a trip to Banff, Mount Rainier, and Glacier National Park. This is one of the most memorable trips in my life.
March
- I visit Seattle.
2019
2018
November
- I travel to Havasu Falls. I backpack with three other companions eight miles to the Supai village, another eight miles to experience the falls, and then eight miles back out.
October
- I go on a roadtrip in the northeast to view the foliage.
August
- I join CredSimple (now renamed andros), a healthcare tech startup, as an Operations Associate.
May
- I graduate from Rutgers University New Brunswick in the business school with a Bachelor of Sciences in Business Analytics and Information Technology.
- The computer science minor is too last minute to graduate on time, so I surrender the attempt, but appreciate everything I’ve learned in the process.
March
- I visit Seattle for the first time by myself and fall in love with the city.
May
- I return to Commvault to learn more and see what could be possible with the new technologies I’ve learn from college.
- I also take two heavy courses during the summer in an attempt to pursue the computer science minor, Data Structures and Calculus II.
January
- In a surprising turn of events, I take Intro to Comp Sci 101 and discovers that I enjoy coding. I then research to see if it’s possible to cram a comp sci minor along with my major before graduation. Computer Science is difficult, but I finds the process gratifying.
- I confirm my major as Business Analytics and Information Technology.
2017
2016
September
- I take my first core class (Business Decision Analytics Under Uncertainty) in the Business Analytics and Information Technology major, and am instantly fascinated. The class is not easy, but I crush it due to my interest in the topics.
August
- I embark on an unforgettable trip to Yellowstone and Grand Teton mountains with my family. This trip reignites my love for nature.
May
- I start my first internship at a real company, Commvault. I join a wonderful team and learn the marketing landscape. This is the first time I get more idea of what major I might want to lean towards.
April
- I am hired as an orientation leader through a competitive and highly selective process. A busy but exciting summer of meeting wonderful people, sharing my love for the school, and advising incoming students rushes by in a flash.
- This is the first time I dig into myself as a person. As part of my personality I prioritize transparency. While most orientation leaders are fire cracker personalities (very exciting and energetic), I honestly express myself as a calm yet warm presence to welcome others. It’s an exhausting and wonderful summer.
2015
2014
September
- I begin freshman year of college at Rutgers Business School New Brunswick.
12th grade
- I attend All Eastern in Baltimore Maryland
- I arrange four more pieces for the senior chamber members to perform at various concerts and events as well as hosting multiple practice sessions.
- I lead the organization for the 10th annual SerenAIDe, a charity concert to raise awareness and proceeds for the research of ALS.
- I graduate high school in June
- Because I am the choir president, I sing the national anthem during the graduation ceremony.
12th grade
- I am selected to audition for Central Jersey Regionals and am selected as a participant.
- I audition for All State and place in the Women’s All State Chorus.
- I arrange two song pieces for the senior chamber group to perform.
- I create a women’s holiday arrangement for the senior women in Chamber that is performed at the winter concert.
11th grade
- I attend the All National Choir in Dallas Texas.
- I also audition for All Eastern Honor Ensemble and am selected as a participant.
- As a co-president responsibility, I assist in the organization for the 10th annual SerenAIDe, a charity concert to raise awareness and proceeds for the research of ALS.
- I create an arrangement for my friends to perform at the benefit concert as well.
2013
2012
11th grade
- I am selected to audition for Central Jersey Regionals and place 4th in the region in Alto 2 section.
- I audition for All State and place in the Women’s All State Chorus.
10th grade
- I am selected as the next Co-President for choir for the following year.
- A sophomore was chosen to be co-president for their junior and senior year, to learn and assist as a junior, then to lead and train as a senior.
- I also auditions for All National Honor Ensemble and am selected as a participant.
- I arrange a piece for her friends to perform at a school held benefit concert.
10th grade
- I am selected to audition for Central Jersey Regionals and place 2nd in the region in Alto 2 section.
9th grade
- I audition and am accepted to Chamber for the following school year, the most skilled choral group available for sophomores and older.
2011
2010
9th grade
- The start of high school
- I join both the general choir as well as Acappella, the more selective choir available through tryouts.
8th grade
- I audition for All State Chorus and am accepted.
8th grade
- I arrange a piece for the 8th graders choir group to perform for the winter concert.
7th grade
- I am one of three 7th graders selected by my choral director to audition for All State Chorus and am accepted.
2009
2008
Sixth grade
- I witnessed some very cool 8th graders play piano as the accompaniment to some songs, and asks my choral director if I can get a slice of that pie. I play the piano for an arrangement of Shenandoah for the choir in the spring concert.
Sixth grade
- I attend public school for middle school. It starts intimidating, but I quickly get excited and enjoy the change.
- Through the transition, I miss choral tryouts and am happy to join other clubs. My dad calls the director to see if I can still join, and the director enthusiastically welcomes me. This is when my journey in music skyrockets.
- I join both the general choir as well as Bel Canto, the more selective choir available through tryouts.
Fifth grade
- I am selected from my grade to attend the math olympics in the word problem section and place 4th.
2007
2006
Fourth grade
- I am selected from my grade to attend the math olympics in the word problem section and place 2nd.
Third grade
- I’m selected from my grade to attend the math olympics in the word problem section and place 4th.
2005
2004
Summer
- My mother drilled the multiplication tables into my brain which gave me a learning advantage once I entered third grade.
Second grade
- One of my favorite years in school since I was in the same class as my friends, and I loved learning everything everyday.
2003
2002
First Grade
- Learned how to read.
- I remember how magical this felt, to suddenly take the letters I learned and put them together to create words that created sentences, that created stories. I had been fascinated by picture books and would fly through the pictures at the bookstore, piecing the plot together with context from the images, but now I could READ, and the stories were SO much better and detailed.
- This was the start of my reading addiction in my childhood. I would read everything I could get my hands on, from magazines, to the back of shampoo bottles, to all the stories in school-assigned textbooks, absorbing everything.
- I remember how magical this felt, to suddenly take the letters I learned and put them together to create words that created sentences, that created stories. I had been fascinated by picture books and would fly through the pictures at the bookstore, piecing the plot together with context from the images, but now I could READ, and the stories were SO much better and detailed.
- Enrolled for keyboard lessons by my mother and begins my piano journey.
2001
1998
- Moved from California to New Jersey
- Learned Mandarin and English from my parents
1997
1996
- My life starts in the UCLA Medical Center. My parents name me “Grace” because to them, I am a “gift from God.” My middle name is in Chinese, but also translates to grace.