Victoria Rei Tan
EDUCATION
American University, Washington, DC, School of International Service
Bachelor of International Studies December 2022
Spring 2021 GPA: 3.81/4.0 Dean’s List Fall 2021 GPA: 4.0/4.0 Spring 2022 GPA: 4.0/4.0
Relevant Courses:
● Negotiating Global Challenges: understanding challenges to U.S. and ways to diplomatically address them
● Environmental Politics of Asia: assessment of impacts and solutions to environmental challenges Asia faces
● International Studies Research: different research methods in the realm of international relations.
● Gender and Peacebuilding: gendered nonviolent movements to resolve international conflicts.
● German Elementary I/Elementary II/Intermediate I/Intermediate II
EXPERIENCES
Summer Intern, Office of U.S. Senator Brian Schatz, Hawaii
● Duties included assisting administrative tasks, handling mails and emails, drafting certificates/letters/messages, and organizing contacts and press releases for staff.
Summer Intern, Chee Markham Kato & Kim (Attornies at Law), Hawaii
May 2021 - July 2021
● Duties included writing summaries of depositions and medical chronologies, collecting mails, scanning and shredding documents, and other office tasks.
Member, Hawaii Asia Pacific Institute of Culture and Arts, Hawaii 2014–Present ● Performed Yueqing and Guzheng (traditional Chinese musical instruments) at care facilities, Shriner children’s hospital, schools in Hawaii, etc.
● Traveled to Harbin, China to provide money (made from my performances in Hawaii) and other supplies for children in need.
● Traveled to Yunnan, China during summer 2019 to teach English and promote Hawaiian culture at a rural elementary school.
● Started a project to help the Mosuo People and other Chinese ethnic minority groups to sell their handmade products. (www.mosuosilver.com)
● Sponsor 5 girls from low-income families to pay for their tuition every year using money made from performances through Heilongjiang Women and Children’s Foundation in Harbin, China since May 2018.
● Donated around 15,000 masks to hospitals, clinics, senior homes, police stations, fire stations, supermarkets, buses, correction facilities, the homeless, and other communities in Hawaii.
● Donated 100 meals on Christmas Eve 2020 to Youth Outreach in Hawaii.
High School Intern, Hawaii State Legislature, Honolulu, HI
September 2018 - May 2019
● Invocation for the 2018 legislative session in April 2018 on experience as a model and being a part of the Hawaii community.
● Invocation for the 2019 legislative session in April 2019 on the topic of trust between nations, how trust bonds us together to solve bigger problems that come our way, and the Aloha spirit.
● Working in the office of Representative Nakashima. Duties included drafting letters and resolutions, organizing supplies, answering phone calls, etc.
CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Member, The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (American University Chapter), Washington DC
● Nominated for having excellent academic performance.
February 2020–Present
Community Outreach , Project Pengyou (Club), Washington DC
January 2022–Present
● Creating educational conent to introduce Chinese culture, language, and holidays to fellow students
● Bilingual (Chinese) outreach to the international community on campus
● Mangae social media accounts
SKILLS
● Language: Fluent Mandarin Chinese, Fluent English, and Intermediate German.
● Computer: Adobe Premiere (Video Editing), Microsoft Word, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Excel.
● Website Making: Weebly