Hi! I’m Melinda.
Currently based in Brooklyn, NY, I have led growth and product marketing initiatives at Photon Health and Elix, seed-stage startups in the health technology and wellness space. Prior to these roles, I held 3 roles in Product Marketing at Microsoft in the Microsoft 365, Data & AI, and Digital Store teams.
Outside my day job, I pursue community-oriented projects related to my core passion: uplifting women and non-binary folks in their health and economic empowerment (Womanly, Powerful Voices, WAFFA, Let’s Sync). As the first-born daughter of Chinese immigrants, I have also pursued projects connected to my Asian identity, starting Bloom and running volunteer projects for API Chaya and Asian Arts Initiative.
During my time at the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, I studied Business Analytics and Entrepreneurship, actively pursuing my interests in social impact, entrepreneurship, and technology with startup internships (Elix, Twentyeight Health, Endeavor, AptDeco) and work with non-profits (Percentage Project, CIFWI). You can learn more about my full journey on my LinkedIn.
I'm always learning about entrepreneurs’ journeys, consuming content on social issues (especially at the intersection of technology + gender + health), and discovering femtech companies. If you think we have something in common, don’t hesitate to reach out! I’d love to chat.
Right now, I'm thinking about...
Medical Apartheid by Harriet A. Washington
Data Feminism by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein
Exploring my interests in music (DJing, radio show host)
How much of myself I want to put on the Internet
Evolving from my personal project on women’s health
The 99% Invisible Podcast, particularly the episode on the data bias in a world designed for men
Oula, Vital Start Health, and Pomelo Care - maternal health companies I am extremely excited about
Volunteer Leadership Positions
Womanly Magazine - Development (2023, 2025 - present)
Wharton Alumnae Founders & Funders Association - Chief of Staff / Community Manager (2022-current)
Microsoft’s Women of Marketing and Asians in Marketing Groups - Events Co-Lead (2021-2023)
Let’s Sync Health Co-Founder (2020-2022)
The Percentage Project Marketing Director (2019-2021)
Bloom Co-Founder (2019-2021)
Leadership Positions at Penn
President of University of Pennsylvania's Figure Skating Club
Co-Director of The Signal
Treasurer of Bell Senior Society
Co-Editor-in-Chief of Wharton Asia Exchange Journal
Director of External Affairs of Hult Prize @ Penn
Penn Student Eco-Rep (UPHS Project)
Awards and Recognitions
2023 Culture Award in Microsoft’s Consumer Sales Organization - Given to those with outstanding impact of team culture and inclusion.
2020 Beverly Virany Memorial Prize - Graduating Senior Award for Wharton (Given to 3 of 600 in the Wharton undergraduate class)
2020 President’s Engagement Prize - Finalist (Top 6 in entire Penn Class of 2020) for Bloom, an initiative dedicated to the mental health of young Asian Americans
2018-2019, 2016-2017 - Dean's List
2018 - Wharton Social Impact (TSIS) Summer Funding Award
2017 - 1st Place in 2017 APT Case Competition
2017 - Wharton Startup Internship Award Recipient (Wharton Entrepreneurship)
2016 - #4 in High School Graduating Class
2016 - National Society of High School Scholars Foundation - Business/Public Policy Scholarship Recipient, Kiwanis Club/Key Club Scholarship Recipient
2015 - Yale Book Club Award Recipient
2015 - Seton Hall Women's History Month Essay Contest Winner - 1st Place (find the essay here)
2015 - Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award