{"id":669,"date":"2010-05-23T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2010-05-23T16:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ta100people.wpengine.com\/?p=669"},"modified":"2010-05-31T09:57:15","modified_gmt":"2010-05-31T16:57:15","slug":"judy-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/judy-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Judy Sun – Former Chairwoman of the Midwest Asian American Students Union"},"content":{"rendered":"

Columbus, OH<\/p>\n

As a 2nd generation Taiwanese American and former National Board member of the Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association (ITASA), I am proud to be a part of a close-knit community that does not depend on proximity to be close.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"sun.judy1\"Who are you? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I am a senior at The Ohio State University (OSU). I will be graduating June 2010 with a B.S. in Finance and Minor in Chinese. I’m moving to Jacksonville, Texas for a one-year job rotation with Cardinal Health, and will most likely end up back in Ohio eventually. I was born and raised in Hudson, Ohio and grew up speaking Mandarin and English. I used to go back to Taiwan often to visit family and attend summer programs (i.e. \u570b\u8a9e\u65e5\u5831 and OCAC 2006). While I love conversing (with parents especially) in Mandarin and watched many Taiwanese dramas back in the day, I don’t think I understood much about my culture or truly embraced my Taiwanese American identity till I got to college.<\/p>\n

What do you do?
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<\/strong>I like to sing, edit things (i.e. resumes and personal statements), and say\/do crazy things to make people laugh\/smile. I love meeting new people and asking probing questions about them, helping them connect with others in my network, and being a resource to them. I consider myself to be blessed with my experiences during my undergraduate career and want to share the wealth of knowledge! I was Chairwoman of the Midwest Asian American Students Union (MAASU) during the 2009-2010 academic year, and helped plan the MAASU 2010 Spring Conference at OSU. After attending my first MAASU conference my freshman year and 3 years of dreaming, I can happily leave OSU without regrets. I currently don\u2019t hold any leadership positions of anything, but I enjoy being involved even as an active member or on a volunteer basis… that’s where it usually begins, right?<\/p>\n

Why are you proud to be of Taiwanese heritage?
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<\/strong>As a 2nd generation Taiwanese American and former National Board member of the Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association (ITASA), I am proud to be a part of a close-knit community that does not depend on proximity to be close. I had the opportunity to attend the ITASA 2010 Midwest Conference at UT-Austin this year. While it was my first time in Texas and meeting everyone, they felt just like family. This wasn’t the first time I went somewhere completely new yet felt connected with the Taiwanese people I met.<\/p>\n

What does the future of Taiwanese America look like to you?
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<\/strong>After all our efforts to get Taiwanese Americans to check “Other Asian: Taiwanese” on their 2010 Census forms, I see an abundance of fruit that will be ripe for the picking in the near future!<\/p>\n

Any additional information you would like to share? <\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Wherever you are, if you’re interested in becoming involved with MAASU or attending the Fall Leadership Retreat or Spring Conference (both are in Minnesota), please visit www.maasu.org<\/a>! Also, if you live in Texas I could use some friends in the area… judifer@gmail.com<\/p>\n

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Columbus, OH Who are you? I am a senior at The Ohio State University (OSU). I will be graduating June 2010 with a B.S. in Finance and Minor in Chinese. I’m moving to Jacksonville, Texas for a one-year job rotation with Cardinal Health, and will most likely end up back in Ohio eventually. I was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-first-100"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}