JADE.

Creatively, Jade enjoys writing (reflection pieces, thought pieces, educational pieces, poetry, and fiction), the arts (photography, scrapbooking, painting, dancing, acting, violin, and embarking on learning the zither), and making (creating/building companies, products, services, and/or ideas from the ground up/non-existence). This site features some of her work. 

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Professionally, Jade works on venture/impact investments for billionaire Dr. Gary K. Michelson and wife Alya Michelson who share her commitment to promoting better equity, access, and efficacy in education. Previously she was at early-stage startups and has experience building out companies from the ground up and scaling their growth via business strategy, business operations, and/or business development roles. Before her work in startups Jade was an educator (facilitating leadership development workshops for college students, serving as a founding writing teacher to grades 7-12, and teaching computer science to kids as young as 4), an entrepreneur (Founder & CEO of mimiJ, reimagining the nail and beauty industries in favor of workers' rights and education), and a Financial & Management Consultant to NYC under the Bloomberg administration where she managed the allocation of $4.5B to over 50 city agencies for Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. She is a Bill & Melinda Gates Millennium Alumni Scholar who earned her AB in Social & Cognitive Neuroscience from Harvard and her MA & EdM in Leadership, Policy and Politics from Columbia. Jade values learning and leaving a positive social impact in all that she does.

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Personally, Jade is a former child refugee from Vietnam, she and her mother are the only surviving females from their boat trip. One day she will publish a NYT Best Seller that includes the lessons from, and impact of, her mother's strong character and this journey. She is interested in frontier technologies (like AI/ML, AR/VR, and blockchain) and innovations that better serve refugee, immigrant, and/or other minority populations. Additionally, she would like to support and invest in more female founders and other minority groups, and to serve as a voice and advocate for traditionally marginalized groups in the tech and financing industries. She is a grateful human, daughter, and friend with an immense appreciation for life and those who make it worth celebrating every single day.

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