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Joyce Lin
Joyce Lin is a junior at Palo Alto High School. She has been learning finance since she’s 13 and has competed in Knowledge@Wharton High School’s investment competition (KWHS) for three seasons where she developed a love and interest in business and investment. During the 2018-2019 season, Joyce led her team Make Bank into the Region 3 Finals where they pitched their investment strategy at the Wharton School of Business in Pennsylvania. She competed in the Girls Who Invest Competition sponsored by Wells Fargo where she placed 1st place. Joyce also has a love for developmental psychology and education. She is currently a research assistant at SPARK labs at Stanford University, where she helps conduct in-field research and analyze data about social-emotional learning skills and executive functions in low-income children. She is also currently researching financial literacy curriculum in PAUSD high school curriculum in her AP Research class.
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Jasper Wang
Jasper Wang is a junior at Palo Alto High School. He is an avid musician and has served as the principal clarinetist for the California Youth Sympathy Senior Orchestra for the past two years. He has also won many regional and international music competitions and had the honor to perform at Carnegie Hall twice. Jasper enjoyed his internships at Camarillo Lab, Stanford Bioengineering and Institute for Myeloma and Bone Cancer Research, where he served as a research assistant. Besides music and scientific research, business and finance are also Jasper’s passions. He was the Vice President of Paly FBLA and advanced to the States in his sophomore year for the event of Business Decision Making. He founded the Paly Financial Literacy Club to promote the financial basics in the Paly community. He has competed in knowledge@Wharton High School’s investment competition for three seasons and served as the team leader for two seasons, where his interest in investment sprouted. He participated in the 2019 Global Teen Investment Competition and ranked 4th globally.
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Erik Feng
Erik Feng is a freshman at Palo Alto High School. He founded his middle school Chess Club and has won championships at Susan Polar Chess Competition and CalState Championship. As co-captain of Greene Middle School in TEAMS 2019, Erik led his team to #1 in State of California and #3 on Mathematics Competition nationally. He also founded the Programming Clubs and enjoys teaching classmates Python. He’s been learning about investing since 6th grade and led a team of 7 in KWHS Investment Competition this year. He joined TenX as its CFO, a startup by high school students to apply Machine Learning and medical imaging to detect anal cancer with real images from a hospital. Erik loves music. He plays both violin and viola and has played viola in the school's orchestra for four years. He also loves composing and publishing music on Flat.io where musicians openly share their works.
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Wendy Wang
Wendy Wang is a junior at Palo Alto High School. She first developed her passion for finance and investment by taking classes related to the financial market on Coursera. In 2019, She competed in knowledge@Wharton High School’s investment competition as the team leader. Wendy has volunteered at a local low-income middle school for over four years and found her passion for community service through this experience. She also volunteers at various organizations monthly and went to Nepal with a group of friends to help the local elementary school during the winter of 2019. Wendy serves on the Program and Education Committee in FIT.
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Daniel Pei
Daniel Pei is a junior at Henry M. Gunn High School. He is an aficionado in sports, played on the JV basketball team and competed as the varsity track & field. Daniel was elected as the Palo Alto City Youth Council member, connecting and engaging teens in the local community to government politics. Attended the 2019 COSMOS Program at UCI, Daniel worked with the medical and mathematical professors to research the effects of caffeine on embryonic angiogenesis developments to understand cell growth regulations. With a strong foundation in math, his interests grew in business and economics. During the 2018-2019 season, Daniel’s team Make Bank competed in KWHS annual investment competition and advanced to the Region 3 Finals where they pitched their investment strategy at the Wharton School of Business. Additionally, he participated in both state DECA and state FBLA. He founded the Gunn Financial Literacy Club to promote the financial basics in the Palo Alto community. A phrase to conclude him? A fun and handsome soul! |
ABOUT NEIGHBORS ABROAD
Neighbors Abroad fosters Palo Alto's domestic and international engagement through friendship, education, commerce, and sustainability. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. |
ORGANIZATION
Neighbors Abroad 355 Alma Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 Phone: (650) 503-3343 EIN: 94-6103013 |