Ying Dai is a second year MBA student in Pepperdine University with concentration in Finance. She will graduate on April 2010. Her undergraduate major is taxation. She had accumulated much professional financial knowledge and experience through her university study and 5 year working experience as an accountant in China. To learn more advanced managerial knowledge and real world experience, she come to the States to pursue her MBA study.Her short term goal is to be a professional consultant and accumulate as much managerial experience as possible. In the summer of 2009, she worked as an intern at Arawak Consulting which gave her a lot of opportunities to understand real world business in U.S. Her long term goal is to be a manager in Finance and Accounting area. If possible, she would like to be a Chief Financial Officer in the future. She also wants to use her strength to help people to do business between America and China.
Carol Jones was born and raised in Lynwood, California by her single mother and grandmother.She is a first generation college student. During her studies at Cerritos College, she was the Vice President of the Board of Accountancy Club and the recipient of scholarships from the Laura Scudder Scholarship Foundation and the American Association of University Women. Carol received these scholarships prior to transferring to Loyola Marymount University (LMU), having also already earned an Associate’s degree in business administration and liberal arts.Since graduation, Carol attends a semi-annual academic event, where the advisor of the Board of Accountancy club introduces new students to Cerritos alums and current students from LMU, University of Southern California (USC), University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), and the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB). This social event allows the alums to provide advice on coursework, campus life, and career opportunities. It is because of this social gathering and her experience in the club that Carol decided to transfer to LMU, and now she is returning the favor.For the past four years, Carol has served her church as a youth greeter providing smiles and information to visitors and members.
Carol is currently the financial officer of Talent Management Associates, a management group founded by her former human resources professor. She will compete in the Ethics and Compliance Officer Association Competition in September 2010, where she will represent LMU with her teammate on a case about antitrust in agriculture. Equally important, Carol plans to graduate in May 2011 with her Bachelors of Arts in Business Administration concentrating on Finance. Carol plans to earn her MBA degree in the near future, as well as, gain career experience in the nonprofit or government sector to give back to her community and serve others.Her long-term professional goals are to start her own scholarship nonprofit fund for young women.Carol’s passion is to help young women pursue their academic goals and show them that she, herself, is living proof that education, hard work and faith are the keys to living a significant life.
Pooja Farkade is a second year full-time MBA student at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, in Los Angeles. She holds an undergraduate degree in engineering from India. Prior to attending USC, she developed software for multinational companies. Pooja actively positions herself to be at the forefront of extracurricular and volunteering activities. She believes these activities enable her to hone her leadership, organizational, and networking skills while she gains invaluable exposure to different viewpoints and priorities; learning in the process the importance of flexibility; and a sensitivity to creating positive business environments. Pooja believes that the success of any firm depends on employees that are eager to contribute and make a difference. She looks forward to gaining professional experience with organizations which provide unique opportunities to gain hands-on experiences in business, and at the same time integrate the understanding of the triple bottom line into her MBA education. Her long-term plan is to start a micro-finance firm and provide sustainable financial services to less-fortunate people who want to start a business.
Pooja attributes her success to support from her family and friends. Her hobbies include travel, dance, following global politics and exploring new restaurants.
Diana Chan moved from Hong Kong to Los Angeles in her junior year of high school. Besides English, she is literate in Cantonese and Mandarin. Diana feels fortunate to have experienced life on both sides of the Pacific. Being blessed to see business from the Asian perspective and then studying business in the United States, she has seen the similar and different sides of both worlds. Diana is planning to pursue an MBA graduate degree in the near future. Diana will graduate from Loyola Marymount University with a BA in Business Administration in May 09. She has learned that being a successful businessperson not only requires business knowledge, but also comprises different qualities, such as having confidence, enthusiasm, team spirit, and being ethical. Small businesses comprise 98 percent of all businesses in California, and Diana is excited and looking forward in assisting small business owners to improve and realize their full potential.
