ZiFan Yang

• Organize and lead weekly conversation tables for students of all proficiency levels, creating an immersive Japanese-speaking environment.
• Actively encourage students to participate in discussions and help them build confidence in speaking Japanese.
• Provide guidance and support with vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation as needed.
• Collaborate with language instructors and the Japanese department to align language tables with course objectives.

• Develop, organize, and execute a variety of social events that align with participants' interests and community goals.
• Create event budgets, track expenses, and ensure all events stay within allocated funding.
• Develop promotional materials and use social media, newsletters, and flyers to advertise events to maximize attendance.
• Handle event logistics, including setup, cleanup, technical requirements, and troubleshooting during events.
• Collaborate with other team members or departments to ensure smooth event execution and resource sharing.

• Determined readiness of written pieces, made changes and approved final versions for publication.
• Interviewed sources and developed relationships with informants to obtain vital information for stories.
• Created bi-weekly newsletters and posters to promote departmental events

• Prioritized tasks in a fast-paced office environment
• Planning, coordination, marketing, and implementation of events
• Planning and implementing recruitment initiatives
• Writing and editing of website and social media content
• Liaising with faculty, students, and alumni
• Assisting with special projects

• Optimized teaching strategies to mitigate learning gaps and increase student comprehension.
• Assigned and lectured on great works of Chinese literature to develop students' cultural literacy
• Developed students' vocabulary of Chinese words and characters via the use of audios, videos, and images

• Organized racks and shelves to maintain store visual appeal, engage customers and promote specific merchandise.
• Prepared merchandise for sales floor by pricing or tagging.
• Liaised with customers and recommended specific products and specials, aligning with individual needs, requirements and specifications.

I have participated in an internship at Panopath, an education technology company and college-oriented social-networking mobile application. During the internship, I interview college students and conduct online researches to produce encyclopedia for universities. I also write and translate articles from English to Chinese that are related with college application.

The idea for creating Alone Together emerged 8 years back, given my interest to collaborate with aspiring writers. I created a social networking site on the WeChat Public Platform and contacted people online to see if they were interested to join. I was pleasantly surprised to find out there were many people from around the world who were interested.Through effective communication and by designating tasks, my contributors and I are able to post original fiction, journals, and book reviews on a weekly basis. Currently, Alone Together has attracted hundreds of subscribers.

• Promoted the library at special events and community gatherings.
• Offered computer classes to the seniors
• Drove the expansion of library collections and programs in response to student and faculty needs and special requests.