Hi! I’m Angela.

I was born in Shanghai, China and moved to Toronto, Canada at an early age. I was a part of the Huntsman Dual-Degree program at the University of Pennsylvania and quickly found out I loved consulting through solving strategy challenges for international NGOS.

After graduating in 2017, I joined Deloitte as a management consultant. The first team I was placed with was a horrible fit, but I found mentors who helped me to navigate the firm to find my perfect fit in public sector consulting as a defence innovation specialist. I was also very actively involved at Deloitte and ran our national Analysts and Consultants initiative, led on campus recruitment for my team, and managed the summer internship program for the Toronto office.

Three years into consulting, I decided I was ready for a change and applied to Stanford’s Masters of International Policy program. After I committed to the program, I found myself serendipitously becoming an edtech founder - in the summer between Deloitte and Stanford, I developed a tech product that mentored 11k+ university students across 81 countries. I’m working on a related idea now with generous backing from a Stanford Graduate School of Business innovation grant. Since starting at Stanford, I’ve also gotten involved with the VC side of the startup ecosystem as a venture fellow, accelerator lead, and angel investor.

Happy to share my experience & help you grow as you navigate your twenties 😊

• consulting: resume & cover letter drafting, case interview preparation, fit interview preparation (I ran my team's campus recruiting efforts), negotiating salaries, building client presence, navigating office politics, finding case work you enjoy / are aligned with your values, becoming a leader in your company, making the most out of your company’s resources, transitioning out of consulting
• startups: building no-code products, networking with and pitching to VCs
• venture capital: how to transition into VC, be selected for VC fellowship programs
• grad school: how to choose grad schools, how to get in, how to make friends, how to pivot your career
• non-profits: starting non-profits from scratch, joining boards / executive teams of established non-profits

• work: finding work-life balance, advocating for yourself at work, navigating multiple diverse identities, finding values-based work within your job, being the only woman/POC in the room, rising to leadership as a woman/POC
• immigrant experience: choosing a different path than what was expected of you, finding balance and making peace between what’s expected of you by your culture/family and what you really want to do

• deeply committed - I’m motivated by my mentees’ success
• honest, realistic, and an open book - I’ll be straightforward and tell you like it is if I think what you’re doing works or doesn’t work
• striving to be as helpful as possible - I’ll give you advice, tap into my personal networks, or look to support you in other ways