Hi! I’m Melinda.
I am a 25-year-old woman from NJ who grew up as the first-born daughter of Chinese immigrants. Currently based in Seattle, WA, I have held 3 roles in Product Marketing at Microsoft in the Microsoft 365, Data & AI, and Digital Store teams. Outside of 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, API Chaya, WAFFA, Let’s Sync).
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. My internships at startups and startup-adjacent orgs (Elix Healing, Twentyeight Health, Endeavor), work with non-profits (Percentage Project, CIFWI), and coursework helped me discover how my capabilities and characteristics could be applied to the challenges I wanted to tackle.
After my internship at Microsoft, I decided to return full-time to build my product marketing skillset, create business impact at scale, and drive Diversity & Inclusion initiatives. You can learn more about my time at Microsoft and career journey so far 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
Learnings from my personal project on women’s health
Exploring my interests in music (DJing, radio show host)
How much of myself I want to put on the Internet
The 99% Invisible Podcast, particularly the episode on the data bias in a world designed for men
Tia Clinic, a company I am extremely excited about
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
2020 Beverly Virany Memorial Prize - Graduating Senior Award for Wharton
2020 President’s Engagement Prize - Finalist 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