Christina Y He Resume 2016

CHRISTINA Y HE 109 Treehaven St, Gaithersburg MD, 20878 – 21 Wellesley College Rd, Wellesley MA, 02482

240-888-8079 [email protected]

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EDUCATION Wellesley College, Wellesley MA 2014-Present

Currently Enrolled, Class of 2018 Studio Arts and Biology http://www.wellesley.edu/

Academic transcript (‘unofficial web’) available upon request

WORK/INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE (In order of relevance) Victory A.R.T. Laboratory, Central Hong Kong Embryology Lab Intern, stipend Summer 2015

[Clinical embryology practice; obtained skills including micromanipulation, ICSI, cIVF & IVF, assisted hatching (conventionally & with laser), oocyte freezing & thawing, oocyte pick-up, oocyte grading, and sperm analysis. Worked directly with the head embryologist.] http://www.victoryivf.com/index.html

OriGene Technologies, Rockville MD Summer Intern, paid Summer 2013

[Responsibilities included: culturing HeLa cells, protein purification, antibody synthesis, packaging products for sale, and making customer sales calls. Additionally, I gained experience operating common lab instruments, such as pipettes and centrifuges, and procedures such as western blotting, DNA analysis, and ELISA.] http://www.origene.com/

Xia Xing Art 2013 – Present

Apprentice Artist [Continuous, occasionally live-in apprenticeship with well-known Chinese oil painter, Xia Xing, who combines western and eastern elements to produce captivating, exquisitely rendered depictions of classic Chinese themes, such as court maidens. As apprentice, responsibilities included: translating between English and Chinese for him, keeping the studio organized, prepping canvasses, accompanying him to exhibitions and galleries that display his work, and studying oil painting techniques.] http://xiaxing.artron.net/

TongXin Summer School Camp Art and English teacher, paid Summer 2014

[Designed an educational yet engaging curriculum for young elementary aged children of Chinese heritage to learn English through lessons focused on grammar and vocabulary. Art classes held on separate days center on developing skills in drawing and creativity via lessons on basic art concepts, such as line, form, and color, as well as hands-on activities such as finger painting and ceramics.] https://www.carefoundation.us/

CHRISTINA Y HE 109 Treehaven St, Gaithersburg MD, 20878 – 21 Wellesley College Rd, Wellesley MA, 02482

240-888-8079 [email protected]

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City of Gaithersburg Summer Camps Counselor in Training, volunteer

Summer 2010, 2011

[Assisted a camp counselor in creating fun activities for the kids, playing with the kids, supervising the kids and the environment to ensure safety, accompanying the group on field-trips, neutralizing conflicts between children, and setting and cleaning up at the start and end of each day.] http://www.gaithersburgmd.gov/leisure/camps/volunteer-opportunities

LANGUAGES [English – native language] [Mandarin Chinese – fluent in reading and writing] OTHER SKILLS

- Proficient in Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, and Excel - Proficient in Adobe Photoshop - Proficient in JMP - Graphic design - Translation (Simp. Chin <-> Eng) - Scientific writing

ORGANIZATIONS

Chinese Student’s Association Multicultural Chair 2015-Present

- In charge of organizing CSA’s Mid-Autumn Festival dinner, CSA’s Lunar New Year dinner, and CSA’s largest event of the year, CSA Cultural Show

- CSA is one of the most active and prominent student orgs on campus, with CSA cultural show being one of the biggest on-campus events with an audience of over 500 people per show, including off-campus

- Performances include on-campus and off-campus talent - Strong event planning, budgeting, time management, organizational, and leadership

skills - https://www.facebook.com/wellesleycsa/?fref=ts

(BC)^2 Lecture Chair

- Main responsibility: organize 2-3 lunch lectures per semester, and a Women in Science lecture featuring a prominent off-campus female scientist once a school year

- (BC)^2 is Wellesley’s Biology and Biochemistry Club, the most active science-related org on campus. We host ATP/ADP Study Breaks with food and Just Dance on the club’s Xbox, lunch series lectures (on-campus professors share research w/ students over pizza), dessert series lectures (same as lunch but more intimate and with fancy desserts), Annual Lecture, Women in Science, MCAT study sessions, and more.

- https://www.facebook.com/groups/1102219246463189/?fref=ts

CHRISTINA Y HE 109 Treehaven St, Gaithersburg MD, 20878 – 21 Wellesley College Rd, Wellesley MA, 02482

240-888-8079 [email protected]

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Art Club Vice President

- Assist the president in preparing meeting agendas and overseeing e-board, general administrative work

- Bring paid nude models onto campus for club drawing sessions - Art Club Wellesley’s newly and only constituted art org. We host weekly themed

meetings for general members, including paper cutting art, acrylic painting, nude model sessions, hand drawing workshops, facial diversity workshops, and more. Once a semester we host a student art sale where e-board and general members can sell their art to the wealthy residents of the Town of Wellesley!

- https://www.facebook.com/Wellesley-College-Art-Club-1621816508093182/?fref=ts

REFERENCES

Anita Kuo (English and Cantonese): inquire for e-mail Xia Xing (Mandarin Chinese only): [email protected] Marianne Moore (Biology major advisor): [email protected] Andrew Mowbray (Art major advisor): [email protected] Letters of recommendation available upon request