Showa Institute for Language and Culture, Boston, MA
Resident Assistant, 3/2009 – Present
+ Guides cultural exchange programs and walking city tours for elementary school, junior high school, high school, and university students from Asia
+ Performs duty to monitor attendance and enforce rules such as nightly curfew
+ Councils students on physical safety and emotional well-being
+ Plans sports and creative arts activities to raise social awareness

La Finca de Flor, Costa Rica
Travel chaperone, June 2010
+ Guides middle school students on a two-week Spanish immersion program at an agro-ecological farm in Costa Rica
+ Communicates daily on phone with parents on their children’s language acquisition progress and general well-being

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089
Bachelor of Arts, International Relations
Minor, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Graduated Cum Laude, May 2008
GPA 3.7/4.0

director, event coordinator, travel planner, photographer, and writer of cultural exchange and language education programs