Who You Are Matters

1. I'm from a city in the East Bay Area called Fremont. It's most famous for being the location of The Kite Runner, the headquarters of Tesla Motors, the last station of the BART train service, and for the Mission Peak hiking trail.
2. After graduation, I will be entering the Finance Rotation Program for Electronic Arts as a Financial Analyst; I chose this profession because I am deeply passionate about the tech/entertainment industry and believe that this position best combines this passion and the education I have received.
3. My eventual goal for my career is to secure a move to one of EA's international locations. TO do this, I plan on learning as much as I can from the various financial departments I'll be working with, while keeping an ear out for any opportunities that may arise.
4. My parents got to where they are today through persistence and hard work; growing up, they instilled these principles in me. Thus, I would say I am most like my parents in terms of how I approach my life everyday.
5. My parents are conservative by nature; I am unlike them in this aspect in that I consider myself to take significantly more liberal political and social views than they do.
6. I would say I am operating under other's expectations of me. Something that I am currently working on is to stop deriving satisfaction from external validation given by others; I often find myself making decisions based on what others will think of me.
7. I am a huge soccer aficionado; my role model is Lionel Messi because he is not only the greatest soccer player of all time but also because in order to get to where he was today, many people took leaps of faith on him and believed in him and his raw, untapped talent. Similarly, I am where I am today thanks to a few people believing in me; and he gives me hope that one day I can be as inspirational as he is.
8. I did kung-fu for many years; as part of our competition repertoire, Grandmaster assigned me to the eagle style discipline. As part of my preparation, I had to watch a variety of videos on the behavior of eagles so that I could replicate their movements. Eventually, the eagle style form became what I was known for in local kung-fu circles, and so, because of this, I feel a very strong connection with the eagle.
9. Growing up, I watched Pocahontas a lot. One of my favorite characters in the movie was the old willow tree, as I felt that she was extremely wise and gave very valuable advice. My 7 year old self would often go to the lake and stare at the willow trees, hoping that one of them would wake up and give me advice on how to navigate elementary school.