Are you unsure how you can apply Asian American Studies courses to your future career? Join this interactive workshop to explore how to align AAST frameworks with your professional interests. Learn strategies to frame your academic experiences as transferable skill sets for life after graduation. Come reflect on your own educational journey and engage in a community discussion with your fellow AAST students, staff, faculty, and alumni!

From AAST to What You Wanna Be: Taking What You learn to Your Industry 
Thursday, October 12, 2023 | 6:00 - 7:30pm ET
Tawes 1310
Dinner will be provided from Q'doba!

This program was made possible with the support from MICA, the Graduate School, and the College of Education.

Speaker bio:
Juliana (Juju) Wong, M.Ed. [she/her] is a bicoastal educator & entrepreneur based in New York City and San Francisco. With 12+ years in higher education, Juju centers the social identities and emotions of first-generation, BIPOC students through the college to career process. She integrates her ethnic studies and equity lens to design culturally-relevant workshops for Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) students to feel seen, validated, and humanized. All while doing it in fun, creative, and relatable ways!

Juju is a UMD alumna and received her Master’s in Student Affairs at the College of Education, served as the APIDA Graduate Coordinator at the Office of Multicultural Involvement & Community Advocacy (MICA), and helped establish the Center for Diversity & Inclusion in Higher Education (CDIHE).

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