How to Make a Career Transition into Broadcast Journalism - Kyung Yoon

In Chapter 13 of 18, Korean American Community Foundation (KACF) executive director Kyung Yoon recounts her transition from studying international economics to the World Bank to Fox 5 News in New York. Finding international development desk work unfulfilling, Yoon makes a move for in-field broadcast reporting, starting in New York as a production assistant (PA) and working her way up to a nationally recognized news correspondent.

How Wellesley Woman's College Builds Student Self-Esteem - Kyung Yoon

In Chapter 12 of 18, Korean American Community Foundation (KACF) executive director and Wellesley graduate Kyung Yoon reflects on how attending the woman's college helped empower her sense of self worth. Peers and professors took all students seriously and, as a result, Yoon felt all the more empowered.

How Wellesley Sociology Class Sets Success Expectations - Kyung Yoon

In Chapter 11 of 18, Korean American Community Foundation (KACF) executive director and mother of two Kyung Yoon defines success by what provides meaning and fulfillment. Yoon highlights a Wellesley College sociology class called "The Family" set life expectations early. Then, Yoon defined success as being unhampered in pursuit of personal and professional goals. Since, she has learned about choices - work, marriage, motherhood - and the possibilities that accompany difficult life decisions.

Redefining How Korean Americans Define Success - Kyung Yoon

In Chapter 10 of 18, Korean American Community Foundation (KACF) executive director Kyung Yoon shares her vision to reshape how the United States Korean community defines success. Starting with her own generation, Yoon sees an opportunity for a less individualistic and more collaborative ways to make a lasting contribution felt by many.

How Foundation Strengthens Korean American Community - Kyung Yoon

In Chapter 9 of 18, Korean American Community Foundation (KACF) co-founder and executive director Kyung Yoon highlights how a foundation model galvanizes social work and non-profit organizations. Yoon has found incredible talent at the front lines who are continually distracted by fundraising from their work as social workers or counselors. She has found her foundation, known as KACF, has been embraced by the community and seen as an organization filling a need.

Myth Busting Model Minority Asian American Stereotypes - Kyung Yoon

In Chapter 8 of 18, Korean American Community Foundation (www.kacfny.org) executive director Kyung Yoon shares why it is so important to disspell the Asian-American model minority myth. As a stereotype, the myth misleads communities, limiting need awareness, leading to resource allocation shortfalls.

What Does It Mean to Be Korean American Today - Kyung Yoon

In Chapter 7 of 18, Korean American Community Foundation (www.kacfny.org) non-profit executive Kyung Yoon discusses what it means to be Korean today and how global culture has changed her views over time. Yoon highlights the changes between her own childhood growing up in Washington D.C. and the experiences encountered by her children.

How Women Manage Work and Family Balance Change - Kyung Yoon

In Chapter 4 of 18, non-profit executive, spokesperson, and mother of two Kyung Yoon reconciles her expectations of fulfillment coming out of an all women's college, Wellesley, and how this changed for her over time. Yoon learns it is not an equation of one - herself - but rather an equation of many, including her family.

Why to Prioritize Girls Education in Developing Countries - Kyung Yoon

In Chapter 2 of 18, non-profit executive and spokesperson Kyung Yoon decides to leave a broadcast news correspondent job with Fox News to lead international documentary production at the World Bank (www.worldbank.org). There, she produces films on the importance of educating girls in developing countries so that they may apply their education to make better choices. The result is a virtuous cycle that provides a generational impact to a family, a community, and an entire nation.

Travel Influences on International Development Career - Kyung Yoon

In Chapter 1 of 18, non-profit executive and spokesperson Kyung Yoon reflects on a childhood rich with change and travel and its affect on her ambition to study international relations, development, and economics as well as her initial career work at the World Bank. Yoon's exposure to cultures abroad, including a rapidly changing Korean economy, shapes her global sense of community and citizenship. The personal bond resulting, specifically creating sustainable economic development, outlines the career that follows.

How Goldman Sachs Turns Graduate into Professional - Marc Ferrentino

In Chapter 10 of 17, engineer and Salesforce.com Chief Technology Architect reflects on his time working at Goldman Sachs upon graduating college. There he learns how to be a professional and to operate and survive in the work place. In retrospect, Ferrentino has learned to appreciate the services and training large corporations provide entry-level employees. Ferrentino advises college graduates spend time at large corporations to learn professionalism and build confidence.

How Grandfather Inspired Family to Enjoy Learning - Marc Ferrentino

In Chapter 8 of 17, engineer and Salesforce.com Chief Technology Architect Marc Ferrentino is inspired by his suit selling grandfather's unrelenting willingness to learn and unwavering intellectual curiosity. Year after year and well into his 80s, Ferrentino's grandfather takes the subway into Manhattan for long days reading at the New York Public Library.

How to Apply Childhood Passions in a Software Career - Marc Ferrentino

In Chapter 4 of 17, engineer and Salesforce.com Chief Technology Architect Marc Ferrentino grows up building projects around home, including fish tanks and electronic doors. Ferrentino studies electrical engineering, tinkering with the physical, but ultimately finds more enjoyment working with digital projects in software and Internet.

How Parents Connect Son's Passions to Engineering - Marc Ferrentino

In Chapter 3 of 17, engineer and Salesforce.com Chief Technology Architect Marc Ferrentino is nurtured and encouraged by parents who recognize what he enjoyed and where he exceled. Ferrentino's parents translate his love for tinkering, technology and science fiction into an engineering career, repeating to him daily that he would one day be an engineer. To this day, Ferrentino puts down occupation as engineer no matter what his role in an organization.

How Software Executive Uses Math to Solve Problems - Marc Ferrentino

In Chapter 2 of 17, engineer and Salesforce.com Chief Technology Architect Mark Ferrentino loads up on advanced mathematics coursework while studying electrical engineering at University of Michigan. Calculus, linear algebra, and matrix algebra helped Ferrentino develop rules and logic to find patterns in interactions, including relationships and sales.

How Electrical Engineering Cultivates Technology Passion - Marc Ferrentino

In Chapter 1 of 17, engineer and Salesforce.com Chief Technology Architect Marc Ferrentino shares how his electrical engineering education and passion for tinkering informed his technology career. Ferrentino grows up reading science fiction and tinkering with robotics. Family and friends encourage him to pursue an engineering degree to expand on these passions. He chooses to study electrical engineering at the University of Michigan to prepare himself for a technology career.

How McKinsey Helped Academic Transition into Business - Ken Rona

In Chapter 7 of 12, business analytics expert and behavioral economics PhD Ken Rona shares the challenges leaving behind academic research to join McKinsey working in client services as a management consultant. McKinsey, known for hiring people from non-traditional backgrounds, immerses Rona in business training. Rona learns how to tolerate ambiguity in solving business problems. Moreover, he learns about peer driven motivation and the resulting self comparative elements pushing everyone to perform at high levels.

How to Use Graduate Level Statistics in Business Analytics - Ken Rona

In Chapter 6 of 12, business analytics expert and behavioral economics PhD Ken Rona shares why graduate level statistics coursework is so relevant in his strategy marketing roles. Rona equates learning statistics to learning another language, as statistics helps him read and speak the language of data. Rona finds this useful working across consumer marketing and Internet advertising roles focused on connecting data to consumer choice and outcomes.