Theme: To be Continued...

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800 Section 6 Zhongshan North Road
Taipei, Taipei
Taiwan

Anting Liu

Founder of Teach for Taiwan

Born in Taipei and raised in Taichung, Anting first came under the spotlight when, in 2008, having taught herself English, she received acceptances to both National Taiwan University and 10 top US colleges. She eventually set off to Princeton University where she studied at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, spending extensive time working in Haiti, Cambodia, Ghana, France and Switzerland. She snatched the top thesis prize with her work when she graduated, yet she couldn’t stop wondering: is what I do relevant to where I am from? Since then, Anting worked at a management consulting firm in New York, while starting a team in Taiwan to experiment with the idea of “Teach for Taiwan” (TFT) – recruiting top talents to become quality teachers and future leaders in communities in need. In 2013, she moved back to Taiwan to officially launch the organization.

Caroline Chou

Student at Taipei American School

Caroline is a junior at Taipei American School. She lived in the US for a small portion of her life before coming to Taiwan, and because she has only attended English-speaking schools, she feels more Americanized. Being a part of both cultures has made Caroline feel more appreciative but also at times, confused.

Dar Bin Shieh

Research scientist at National Cheng Kung University

Dr.Dar-bin Shieh received his clinical pathology and molecular biology training at Harvard University and now works at National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan at as a physician and professor. He has been devoted to translational medicine from small technology innovations from nanomedicine, biophotonics, mitochondria and cancer biology. He also believes that life is a sophisticated nanosystem from which we can seek inspiration.

Hermes Agelopoulos

Student at Taipei American School

Hermes Agelopoulos is a freshman at TAS who had just recently turned 15. He is half Greek and half Taiwanese although he would like to live in Europe. He is passionate about reading books, playing tennis but especially about questioning the norms of today. He will be speaking about the idea of talking and sharing ideas and how that should be implemented into our daily lives.

Jaami R. Franklin

Teacher at Taipei American School

Jaami Rahim Franklin is a life-long learner and educator. Born and raised in the American Midwest, he studied Literature, Philosophy and Education at Santa Clara University, and now enjoys a career as an international teacher.

Paul Chang

Student at Taipei American School

His seventh and final year, Paul is a senior at Taipei American School. Paul participates in a variety of activities around school. As a part of the softball team, impromptu speech team and a trombone player in the jazz band, Paul knows all about the mechanics of improvisation.

Sherry Tseng

Student at Taipei American School

Sherry Tseng is a Senior at Taipei American School, who is actively involved in the Model United Nations program and Wish4Kids. Though she wanted to be a doctor at one point, she realized that she only wanted to because of external influence, rather than out of her own interest for medicine. So, she began to think about what her interests are, and from that who she was as a person, both good and bad aspects. This introspection is what led her to consider the implications behind the phrase “self-love”. The term has seeped its way into mainstream thought, with bloggers, inspirational speakers, and the like promoting this idea, yet Sherry believes that there are drawbacks to such a thoughtless term. Instead, she proposes an alternative: “self-thought”. of doing more than what we imagine!”.

Tobie Openshaw

Teacher at Taipei American School

Tobie’s current passion lies with the marginalized indigenous people of Taiwan, with several documentary projects on the subject in the works. He is a committed defender of human rights, a storyteller, and a proponent of using social media for social change.

Trevor Shim

Student at Taipei American School

Trevor is a senior at Taipei American School. He was born and raised in Seoul, Korea. He is passionate for everything related to space, especially particles that come from space. His passion has led him to explore what astrophysics and space could mean to the future of the world.