Professional Experience

• Evaluated recruitment and admissions process through interview, survey, and focus group discussion

• Designed a recruitment plan and staff check-list for campus open day events

• Initiated external partnerships with foreign governmental organizations and media

Teaching Assistant for Japanese Studies Language Program, MIIS

September 2016 - May 2017 @Monterey, CA

• Taught an intermediate level Japanese class for graduate students with mixed language experiences

• Created 10+ grammar practice activities using online video and realia

Cultural Coordinator & Activity Guide for Summer Intensive English Programs, MIIS

July - October 2017 @Monterey, CA

• Created cultural guide video for host families and safety and health orientation for student groups

• Budgeted, planed, and administered various orientation, tour, and cultural activities for students

• Troubleshot and mentored the students for their adjustments into U.S. life and English studies

Consul, Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago

May 2011 - July 2015 @Chicago, IL

• Selected participating schools for the Kizuna Project and Kakehashi Project, Japanese government-sponsored youth exchanges with 1100+ students in-coming and out-going from the Midwest, coordinated their travel itineraries and visiting sites, and organized receptions for the communities

• Budgeted, administered, recruited, selected, and reported on the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program which annually sent 100+ American college graduates from the Midwest to Japan

• Advised on and consulted with students and educators on MEXT Japanese government scholarships and a variety of fellowships and grants offered by the Japan Foundation

• Spoke and emceed as a consulate delegate at 10+ events yearly, as well as drafted 20+ remarks and letters for the Consul-General of Japan and the Director of Japan Information Center

• Created stronger networks between the Consulate and the Japanese studies and language educators by accumulating 900+ educators’ contact list in the 10 Midwestern states

• Co-organized yearly 30+ Japan festivals, lectures, demonstrations, film screenings, and other cultural events; decided sponsoring events, managed budgets, publicized events with collaborators

• Co-supervised six other Japanese and American staff in outreaching to local schools, editing e-Newsletter, Facebook and Twitter posts, and analyzing media coverage on Japan

Officer, Center for Japanese-Language Testing, The Japan Foundation

May 2010 - April 2011 @Tokyo, Japan

• Administered secure and precise printing, delivery, and scoring as well as coordinated the registration and execution of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) conducted in around 200 cities in 60 countries twice a year

• Supervised the development of a new honoraria payment system for 100+ test makers

• Oversaw the logistics for test-making meetings and evaluating conferences

• Edited and managed bids on publishing of Assessment and Evaluation in Language Education: AELE and Report on the Analysis and Evaluation of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test

Officer, Center for Global Partnership, The Japan Foundation