My Professional Journey

The Journey In My Career

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I currently serve as the Executive Editor. A lot of time is dedicated in informing the community about news which is something I am very passionate about. I lead over a dozen writers and editors to produce content that the community needs.

This is my primary position at the moment and is very interesting as it ties into my passion of IT and helping people. Through this position, I provide automation to the colleges to enable them to serve the students, faculty, and staff.

I have been part of EVIE for quite some time and served as Budget Chair previously. My time with EVIE mainly dealt with being part of the evaluation team for our academic journal.

Being a small business owner was such a great experience. From building the brand to providing products and services to customers was definitely something I am proud of. Weddings and photo sessions took a lot of time out my weekends so I moved away from a Photographer business.

Leading teams on so many projects is such a memorable time. All the projects and people I managed definitely made it great. I loved building people to become a better version of themselves and this role allowed me to do so.

I learned so much about Technology through this position. I loved creating software and automation to provide services for the community. I thoroughly enjoyed this position; nonetheless, I had to move on 🙂

My first career position at a startup and it was pretty intense. Low budget with high demand. Founders were not organized created even a bigger chaotic work environment. Even with all that, I enjoyed creating all the hardware and software for cars and trucks. Great projects for sure.

Educational Journey

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I thought about obtaining a doctorates so here I am. Learning about leadership was something I enjoyed. The whole journey through this program definitely made me grow. Writing a dissertation was a grind but all worth it at the end.

I got bored and so I went to more schooling. Obtaining an MBA really didn’t help with being a small business owner. In fact, a MBA from my experience helped with executive management functions.

I met so much great people at school and learned so much. Even with the bad reputation of DeVry, this experience was worthwhile and I learned so much.

Publications

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See the publication of “Life as a Southeast Asian American Leader: A Phenomenological Study”

See the publication of “Life as a Southeast Asian American Leader: A Phenomenological Study”

PASA: http://www.pasa-net.org/researchsymposium
Presentation List: http://padlet.com/onlinelink/PASAApril2016
My Presentation: http://padlet.com/sunnyle/SLePASA2016

See the publication of “Life as a Southeast Asian American Leader”