About Me
Engineer as a profession
Investment as a hobby
Locations:
Cambridge, MA, USA
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
Saitama, Japan
Education
Geographical
USA (MIT), UK (Oxford), Japan (Saidai), Finland (Aalto), Vietnam
Majors
Urban Planning, Monetary Economics, Civil Engineering, Management, CFA ESG Investing
Work
Geographical
USA, Japan, Canada, Vietnam
Area
Urban Tech
Urban Finance
Resilient and Smart Urban Development
Sustainability
Financial Literacy
amateur interest
Cultural Arts
Visual Arts/ Sculptures
Japanese Art
I write, I paint, I sketch, I read literature, I play music - amateurly
Professional Credentials
CFA Sustainable Investing
LEED AP BD+C
Favorite quotes
This, too, shall pass.
“There is a tide in the affairs of men.
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures.”
- Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost
Awards
- 2024-2025 Ford Philanthropy Fellowship powered by Watson Institute (acceptance rate 2.6%)
- 50 Global Rising Stars in ESG 2023, awarded by Women of the Future (UK) and supported by the Financial Times, CNBC, and University of Oxford Saïd Business School
- Humphrey/Fulbright Fellowship (funded by U.S. Government, acceptance rate 2%), 2021-2022
- Semi-Finalist of the Atlas Corps Fellowship (acceptance rate 2.5%), 2019
- Lower Mekong Initiative Women's Leadership (supported by local U.S. Embassies, acceptance rate 5%), 2019
- Excellent Master Thesis Award (Saitama University, Japan), 2018
- U.S. Green Building Council Full Scholarship (the only Asia-Pacific scholar), 2017
- Asian Development Bank - JSP Scholarship (funded by the Japanese Government), 2016-2018
- Vietnam National Gold Medal for Graduation Thesis, 2014
- VIFOTEC Award (Vietnam's most prestigious award in Science and Technological creations), 2013
Entrepreneurship Activities
- CleanTech Open (USA, Canada) - Judge (2023), Mentor (2024)
- QBE AcceliCITY (Top 5 GovTech accelerators in the world) - Judge (2024)
- Society of Women Engineers Awards (Global) – Judge (2024)
- Sasaki Foundation Design Grants (USA) – Judge (2024)
- Next Generation Foresight Practitioners (UK) – Judge (2023, 2024)
- Africa's Business Heroes (Africa) – Judge (2023, 2025)
- Participated in the U.S. Department of State's Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) 2023, facilitated by VentureWell