AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
- Creating Student Agency
- Future-ready Students
- Self-identity and Workplace Readiness
- Middle School Exploration Programs
BIOGRAPHY:
Jing is deeply committed to equipping young people with the knowledge and skills they need to make informed choices about their futures. Currently, she spearheads the implementation, cultivation of grant relationships, and assesses the impact of a diverse array of nonprofit grant initiatives and partnerships at ASA. These endeavors are designed to advance ASA’s mission of changing the way kids learn about careers and prepare for their futures.
Before joining ASA, Jing played pivotal roles in curriculum design, capacity building, and facilitation of student, teacher, parent and medical resident workshops centered around crucial topics relating to sexual decision-making, SEL development, fostering healthy relationships, DEI, and understanding gender identity at Cambridge Health Alliance in Greater Boston and Peer Health Exchange in Chicago. She received her bachelor’s degree from DePaul University in Chicago.
RECENT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:
- ASU+GSV 2024: Work-Based Learning: Workforce Identities and Future-ready Learners
- SXSW EDU 2024 and AMLE 2023: Workshop: Creating Student Agency in the Career Exploration Classroom
- ASU+GSV 2023: Future-ready Students: Self-identity and Workplace Readiness
VIDEO:
PUBLICATIONS:
- Big Sister Association of Greater Boston: Preparing Youth for the Future Teen & Young Adult Career Readiness Programs
- Canva: Career Readiness Activities
PODCASTS:
- The Network: Know Thyself, Deploy Thyself