An'na

Social Impact Ventures and English Education
29 years oldOther education positionsCome from Canada Living in Shenzhen
Language: French, English, Mandarin
Mandarin: fluent communication

Lesson Planner + Teacher
DN English
Jul 2020 - Oct 2020(2 months)

- Design lesson plans for students ages 3-12 based on “Reach Higher”, official Curriculum used by DN English Early Child Education Center. Create engaging and effective lesson plans by setting clear goals and steps, such as warm-up, lead-in, key concepts, review and homework segments. Achieve goals of learning such as vocabulary, grammar and reading ability by creating a comprehensive learning experience using games, student interactions, public speaking, drawing, and writing. - Lead weekend classes (45 mins) for students ages 3-6; teach in pure English to help students adapt to a second language. Teach grammar, phonics, reading comprehension, speaking and listening skills in ways that are entertaining and suitable for their development stage. Provide personalized guidance during class, gauge students’ learning strengths and weaknesses, and create lesson plans suited to their levels.

Operations Manager
The Studio (China HQ)
Oct 2019 - Sep 2020(10 months)

- Work directly under the VP of operations in setting up the operations work flow for the birth of “Supplied” (an e-commerce platform for US customers) in our ShenZhen HQ while making weekly performance reports to the CEO and executive board. Started as an analyst and managed a team of 10 operations associates within half a year; received stock option offers as the youngest employee in the firm. - Oversaw the fulfillment of total 1000+ orders, launch of over 35 thousand product SKUs, managed storage of 20+ thousand units in inventory, supported ~$120,000 in monthly sales volume, supported a 10X growth in avg daily orders and reduced turn around time by 30% (10 days to 7 days) after 5 months since starting from scratch. - Overcome 2 seasonal supply chain crises- CNY holiday and Covi.d-19. Sourced, created financial accounting, inventory tracking and shipping solutions for $250,000 USD in inventory during the national holiday and COVI.D when factories and international shipping was severely halted. - Design the work flow and formulas of an order management systems from scratch using airtable to process our orders and inventory, used by SZ and international branches. Implemented updates on a rolling basis by collecting feedback on user experience from multiple departments. - Create initiatives to cut costs and raise efficiency in shipping operations; increase security and management of on hand inventory; optimize workflow formulas in OMS to maximize efficiency and accountability.

UC Berkeley
, International Development Studies
Aug 2013 - Aug 2017(4 years)

Studied the sociopolitical policies of developing nations after WWII, specifically China and Southeast Asia.