ITASA 2015 West Coast Conference |
Alison changdirectorGrade Level: Senior
Major(s) & Minor(s): Business Administration; Law & Public Policy and Philosophy Hometown: Rossmoor, CA - The OC! Activities: APASA, TAO, ITASA First thing you want to eat when you go back to Taiwan: Mango Ice! What Taiwan means to you: The REAL happiest place on Earth. Favorite planet and why? Pluto, because it's still a planet in my heart. |
alice wangAssistant director & Marketing DirectorGrade Level: Senior
Major(s) & Minor(s): Chemical Engineer (Environmental) Hometown: Plano, TX Activities: ITASA, TAO, GLO First thing you want to eat when you go back to Taiwan: night market meat skewers What Taiwan means to you: My roots Favorite planet and why? Jupiter, because the orchestral piece is awesome! |
andy suprogramming (speakers liaison)Grade Level: Senior
Major(s) & Minor(s): Astronautical Engineering Hometown: Plainview, NY Activities: SCAPE, ITASA First thing you want to eat when you go back to Taiwan: Vegetarian Buddhist Temple Food What Taiwan means to you: My spiritual home! Favorite thing about space? How vast it is and how it reminds us to create significance in our lives with the relationships we make. |
ANNIE LOfinance (sponsorship chair)Grade Level: Sophomore
Major(s) & Minor(s): Accounting Hometown: Artesia, CA Activities: TAO, C3 First thing you want to eat when you go back to Taiwan: Shaved ice What Taiwan means to you: Great people, great culture, great food! Favorite planet and why? Jupiter - over 1000 Earths can fit inside and it’s named after the Roman King of the Gods! |
brian kuangprogramming (director & banquet chair)Grade Level: Senior
Major(s) & Minor(s): Neuroscience; Economics Hometown: Northridge, CA Activities: TAO First thing you want to eat when you go back to Taiwan: Taiwanese Oyster Omelet What Taiwan means to you: Taiwan is one of the foundations of my culture and mindset. It is a place of discovery and traditions. Favorite thing about space? Space is unimaginable, beyond the realm of human understanding. It is the last frontier that all of mankind strives to conquer. It is the place where the impossible can become reality. |
Connie ChenFinance (Director & Fundraising Chair)Grade Level: Sophomore
Major(s) & Minor(s): Economics and Math Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan Activities: TAO, C3 First thing you want to eat when you go back to Taiwan:Ding Tai Fung What Taiwan means to you: Taiwan means home for me. Favorite thing about space? Earth, because it is the only planet we can live on. |
Dennis HuangLogistics (Director, Transportation, & Food Coordinator)Grade Level: Senior
Major(s) & Minor(s): Accounting, Business Administration, Cinematic Arts minor Hometown: Guangzhou, China Activities: TAO, CASA Culture Show First thing you want to eat when you go back to Taiwan: Everything What Taiwan means to you: An amazing place of culture and food (and a bucket list vacation destination!!!) Favorite thing about space? Zero gravity. |
Jessica TanProgramming (Social Chair)Grade Level: Sophomore
Major(s) & Minor(s): Business Administration Hometown: Miami, FL Activities: APO, TAO, Traditional Chinese Dance First thing you want to eat when you go back to Taiwan: BOBA What Taiwan means to you: home Favorite thing about space? The stars |
Jeremy ShenTAO LiaisonGrade Level: Junior
Major(s) & Minor(s):Business Administration & Accounting Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan Activities: TAO, AIM, Chihuo.org First thing you want to eat when you go back to Taiwan: Pudding What Taiwan means to you: A place where there is no distance to anyone and anywhere Favorite thing about space? Earth |
Joseph ChiuLogistics (Concierge & Housing Coordinator)Grade Level: Senior
Major(s) & Minor(s): Business Hometown: Palos Verdes, CA Activities: TAO, BAP First thing you want to eat when you go back to Taiwan: Stinky Tofu What Taiwan means to you:Taiwan is home. It has many of my most precious childhood memories. Favorite planet and why? Saturn, because its rings captivate me. |
Ryan YuLogistics (Staff Coordinator)Grade Level: Junior
Major(s) & Minor(s): Industrial & Systems Engineering Hometown: Fresno, CA Activities: Home Improvement, DIY Projects, Woodworking, Ultimate Frisbee, TAO, GLO, ITASA, TAP-LA Mentorship, PEER Mentorship First thing you want to eat when you go back to Taiwan: Stinky Tofu What Taiwan means to you: Family Favorite thing about space? It keeps expanding. Seriously, how do you even define what space expands into? |
Sandy LinLogistics (Registration Coordinator)Grade Level: Junior
Major(s) & Minor(s): Economics Hometown: Chung Li, Taiwan Activities: TAO First thing you want to eat when you go back to Taiwan: Beef Noodle Soup What Taiwan means to you: Taiwan means home, and a place where I can learn more about my culture and my family heritage. Favorite thing about space? The fact even though the Earth that we live on seems so enormous, it's still minuscule compared to everything around us and the galaxies. |
Tiffany ChangProgramming (Concert Chair)Grade Level: Senior
Major(s) & Minor(s): Business Administration, Accounting Hometown: Fresno, CA Activities: ITASA, TAO, BAP First thing you want to eat when you go back to Taiwan: Beef noodle soup! What Taiwan means to you: Home to my cultural roots and my favorite foods! Favorite thing about space? Jupiter, because it’s my favorite piece from Gustav Holst’s The Planets |
Tyrone ChangFinance (Budgeting Chair)Grade Level: Senior
Major(s) & Minor(s): Business Administration; International Relations Hometown: Walnut, CA Activities: TAO First thing you want to eat when you go back to Taiwan: Lu rou fan! What Taiwan means to you: Family and good food Favorite thing about space? I would love to see the Northern Lights some day! |