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UC Irvine |
Christina Chang is a recent graduate from the University of California, Irvine with a degree in Biological Sciences. She enjoys learning about other cultures and has had the opportunity to study abroad in Kyoto, Japan. Christina is proud of her Taiwanese heritage and looks forward to using what she gains from the Ambassador Program to serve her community. She has an optimistic attitude and enjoys working with others toward a common goal. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, music, and singing. |
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Kerry Chang University of Illinois |
As an undergraduate at the University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign, Kerry Chang is majoring in Health Planning and Administration in Community Health and planning to minor in business. On campus she is involved in various activities, including the Taiwanese American and general Asian Pacific American community and is on the student officer board of UIUC's Taiwanese American Students Club and Asian American Student Housing Organization, and is an active member in the Asian American Association, College Democrats and Future Health Care Executives. She also works for the University of Illinois as a Student Development Representative. |
Kevin Chen California Polytech at Pomona |
Since graduating from college, Kevin Chen has been consecutively employed by the campaign offices of several political candidates running for local offices in California. More notably he was the Regional Political Director for California Assemblywoman Shirley Horton during the 2006 elections. Kevin also interned for the Formosa Foundation during the summer of 2006. He plans to influence Taiwan policy through working with various state and congressional legislators. Kevin was born in Taiwan and grew up in the United States, and is fluent in Taiwanese and Mandarin. |
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Janis Wen-Chieh Chen Nat'l Cheng Kung Univ. |
Janis Chen is studying political science at National Cheng Kung University. Janis was a member of the Elite Development Program in 2006, and an on-site staff in 2007. The EDP focused on teaching grassroots diplomacy to young adults. At school Janis is a member of the student club "International Exchange Association for Students," in which she is the liaison to international students on campus. Optimistic and easy going, Janis loves to meet different kinds of people around the world. She enjoys participating the activities or programs to meet people and brainstorm with them. In her spare time, she enjoys seeing the movies and traveling |
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Tsung-yen Chen Stanford University |
Tsung-yen Chen is pursuing a Master's degree in East Asian Studies, with a focus on international interactions in East Asia. After graduating in 2003 with a BA degree of Diplomacy from National Chengchi University in Taiwan, he served three and a half years as a military police and working in ASUSTeK in Taipei as a marketing specialist.
Tsung-yen is the founder and owner of a Chinese language website Global Observer, which collects information on current world affairs. He also regularly posts his views on world affairs and Taiwan's issues to newspapers and the web media. He is an editor of Stanford Journal of East Asian Affairs. |
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Julia Famularo Columbia University Georgetown Univ. |
Julia Famularo will pursue her PhD in History at Georgetown University in Fall 2008. Her academic areas of interest include Modern East Asian political history (China, Taiwan, and Tibet) as well as US-East Asian Relations. She received her M.A. in East Asian Studies from Columbia University, and her B.A. in East Asian Studies and Spanish Literature from Haverford College. |
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Han-Hsien Hsieh UCLA |
Han-Hsien Hsieh graduated from UCLA in 2007 with degrees in Political Science and International Development Studies. She will be attending UCLA School of Law in the fall of 2008 and hopes to pursue a career in international law. A passionate writer, Hsieh is even more passionate about Taiwan. Hsieh volunteered for the Formosa Foundation as an intern during Summer 2005 and Spring 2007. She intends to contribute to the cuase of Taiwanese democracy through her academic background in political science and future career in law. |
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Carrie Hsu Georgia Institute of Tech |
Carrie Hsu will be a third year Management major at Georgia Tech pursuing a Bachelor of Science and a certificate of accounting.
She was born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Carrie participated in the Anti-Succession Law protest in Washington, D.C. and was active in the South East Taiwanese American Association during her high school years. Her other interests include biking, ping-pong, origami and other paper crafts. |
Ellen Tzu-chun Kuo University of Geneva |
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Amy Fay Lin University of Texas |
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Joseph Lin New York University |
Joseph Lin is pursuing a B.A. in Social and Cultural Analysis, with concentrations in Asian/Pacific/American Studies and Latino Studies. In addition, he is pursuing a Spanish minor and an East Asian Studies minor. He hopes to encourage the political activism of Asian-Americans in the United States by borrowing from the experiences of Latin-American activists. In 2006, Joseph campaigned for his state senator, Frank Padavan, encouraging the Asian constituents to vote. Recently, he has delved into Taiwanese political and cultural history, struck by a clinging sense of belonging to his roots. He is a proud member of TASS, the NYU Taiwanese-American Student Society. He is also proud to be a part of the 2008 class of Formosa Ambassadors! |
Richard Lin MIT |
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UC San Diego |
Erica Ling pursues her interest in political science whenever possible, most notably during high school when she interned for U.S. Representative Edward R. Royce.At school Erica promotes the Taiwanese American identity as an active member of UCSD's Taiwanese American Student Association. She served as the 2007-2008 Cultural Chair and will serve as the 2008-2009 Vice President. |
Chien-yu Liu New York University |
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Winifred Liu Nat'l Kaohsiung First Univ. Science & Tech |
Wen-Jiun Winifred Liu has served as a delegate in various international and national forums, either representing her youth generation or her country, including the 2006 Asia-Pacific Youth Festival, the 8th China Synergy Programme for Outstanding Youth. Winifred is a member of the Adolescent Consultation Team of the National Youth Commission. |
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Discovering an affinity toward Taiwan during his sophomore year, D. Corey Sanderson was led to claim a second major in Asian Studies. In 2007 he spent 7 months in Taiwan as an exchange student to Tamkang University. In the United States, he spends his time tutoring Taiwanese nationals in English as well as partaking in and organizing social awareness rallies on campus. |
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UC San Diego |
Karen Yang is a student at the University of California, San Diego, with a major in Linguistics and minors in Psychology and Sociology. Through her experiences in college and her involvement with the chapter of Amnesty International on campus, Karen has developed an interest in human rights issues and foreign affairs that has altered the way she looks out at the world and influenced her plans for life. Karen now hopes to pursue further studies in those areas, and because of her lifelong passion for Taiwanese politics, to one day work toward furthering Taiwan's cause. In her spare time, enjoys reading and learning other languages. |
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Columbia University |
Born and partly educated in Taiwan, Rebecca Yeh is studying economics policy at Columbia's
School of International and Public Affairs
and looking forward to combining her private sector finance and accounting background with knowledge in economics to help the world become a better place. She is also an active leader in Taiwan Focus, a student group at SIPA that focuses on educating the Columbia community on Taiwan and Taiwanese American issues. In addition, Rebecca initiated the first educational trip to Taiwan during March 2008 for Columbia graduate students. |