Bao VO
Irvine,United States
Summary
Motivated, creative, and community-minded student with strong leadership and entrepreneurial experience. I founded and managed a coffee shop, overseeing marketing, hiring, customer service, and financial planning. I also led Chibitronics workshops for children in remote Vietnamese communities, combining art and safe electrical circuits to inspire creativity and confidence. As a peer tutor, I supported multi-grade students and helped raise their academic performance. These experiences strengthened my adaptability, communication, cultural awareness, technical creativity, and passion for empowering others through education and innovation.
Overview
2027
2027
years of professional experience
Work History
Founder
Manager
Intern
TurnUp Activism
Remote
02.2026 - Current
- Assisted in organizing community outreach events to promote social justice initiatives.
- Supported research efforts by gathering data on youth engagement strategies and activism trends.
- Collaborated with team members to create educational materials for workshops and presentations.
- Maintained project timelines and ensured effective communication among stakeholders.
Counselor
High School/College Student
Remote
06.2025 - Current
- Assisted students with college applications, providing guidance on admissions processes and requirements.
- Developed informational materials to support student understanding of college selection criteria.
Founder
Chuyen Xe Mua He
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
06.2023 - Current
- This program helps college students volunteer with orphanages in Vietnam. We visit remote areas in Vietnam and teach the children the art of Chibitronics. Chibitronics is an art that combines physics, including safe electric circuits, and drawings.
- I went to schools in Western Vietnam and helped at pagodas where children lost their parents. By applying technology via Chibitronics, I learned how cultures differ from regions I visited and how creative a young generation is, no matter their circumstances. I taught students to make their own lighted card with colorful lights and safe circuits.
Volunteer
Strays Cat Alliance
Los Angeles, CA
01.2025 - 06.2025
- Supported adoption events by organizing materials and engaging with potential adopters.
- Assisted in daily care and feeding of shelter animals to ensure well-being.
- Maintained cleanliness of animal living spaces following safety protocols.
Founder
Bi Do Coffee Shop
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
06.2022 - 12.2023
- I founded a small cafe in Vietnam during the summer of 2022 to push me into the job market at the age of 18. The procedure, from importing coffee to selling to customers, showed me the hands-on world of economics and marketing.
- I invested some of my capital to set up the start-up coffee shop as a self-employed worker. The coffee shop success exceeded my expectations, thus I hired more staff to meet customer demand, including marketers, a cashier, and barista. It helped me to know the flow of customers coming to my shop and how to manage a business and goods.
Cashier
Katinat Coffee Shop
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
05.2023 - 08.2023
- Take customer orders and answer any questions customers had
- Maintain a clean and organized work area
- Stock and replenish coffee items to ensure availability throughout the day
- Handle cash transactions and operate the cash register accurately
- Collaborate with team members to ensure smooth operations and efficient workflow during busy periods
- Made specialty coffee drinks based on customer specifications
Family Mechanic Shop
Chin Khiem Trading and Service Company Limited
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
06.2019 - 10.2020
- I assisted in managing a motorcycle dealership chain, serving over 200 customers monthly. I gained hands-on experience with inventory management, pricing strategies, and customer relations. Additionally, I learned how supply-demand mechanics and price sensitivity affect business revenue.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Economics And Sociology
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California06-2027
Associate of Arts - Transfer in Economics, General Science, Liberal Arts - Social And Behavioral Science
Santa Monica College
Santa Monica, California06-2025
High School Diploma - undefined
CATS Academy Boston
Braintree, Massachusetts05-2023
Skills
- Customer Service Skills: Experienced
- Coachable professional with good business sense: Experienced
- Ability to multi-task and focus in fast-paced environments and meet deadlines: Experienced
- Extremely detail oriented and organized; Excellent phone etiquette: Skillful
- Excellent communicator; Effective verbal and written communication skills: Experienced
- Pleasant individual; Work well with people from different cultures and backgrounds: Experienced
- Hard worker; Self-starter and flexible team player: Skillful
- Computer Skills: MS Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Docs, Research Savvy: Experienced
- Language Skills: Fluent in English and Vietnamese: Expert
- Strong Math Aptitude, cash management experience, analytical and problem-solving skills: Expert
- Punctual; Organized with ability to maintain a functional working area: Skillful
- Self-motivated and outgoing individual: Experienced
- Positive attitude and able to work with confidential information: Experienced
- Good college counseling skills and assistance: Skillful
- Marketing
- Ethics and integrity
- Fluent bilingualism
LANGUAGES
Vietnamese: Native speaker
English: Native speaker
Interests
Building collaborative relationships and strategic partnerships to enhance teamwork, organizational efficiency, and shared value creation, Expanding professional and social networks to strengthen communication, cooperation, and cross-functional collaboration in diverse environments, Applying sociological and economic perspectives to understand group dynamics, incentives, and collective decision-making, Engaging in athletic activities to develop leadership, coordination, and performance within team-based structures
Timeline
Intern
TurnUp Activism
02.2026 - Current
Counselor
High School/College Student
06.2025 - Current
Volunteer
Strays Cat Alliance
01.2025 - 06.2025
Founder
Chuyen Xe Mua He
06.2023 - Current
Cashier
Katinat Coffee Shop
05.2023 - 08.2023
Founder
Bi Do Coffee Shop
06.2022 - 12.2023
Family Mechanic Shop
Chin Khiem Trading and Service Company Limited
06.2019 - 10.2020
High School Diploma - undefined
CATS Academy Boston
Founder
Manager
Bachelor of Science - Business Economics And Sociology
University of California, Irvine
Associate of Arts - Transfer in Economics, General Science, Liberal Arts - Social And Behavioral Science
Santa Monica College