CareerContact is a challenge-based learning platform that encourages explorations about career pathways for pre-university students
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To date, we have hosted over 10 webinars covering fields including but not limited to law, allied health, education, finance, fintech, tech, and social entrepreneurship, reaching over 1400 students primarily from Singapore but also from the Philippines, Malaysia, Burma and Indonesia.
Monica
Monica
FOUNDER
Monica is pursuing a Doctorate in Education Technology at Columbia University (Teachers College). Over the past 5 years, she has had extensive experience working with private and public K-12 schools internationally, from conducting research to consulting and designing culturally relevant edtech solutions. Previously, Monica graduated with a BS in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University, where she explored makerspaces and fell in love with hands-on maker education. Now, her research at Columbia focuses on K-12 computer science, data science and STEAM education.
Outside of academia, Monica has had varied work experiences - as a product designer on a special education project with Brazil's Lemann Foundation, as a data scientist at Brooklyn's Amplify Education, and as a creative technologies educator at a public elementary school in Harlem, New York City.
Samantha
Samantha
FRONT-END DESIGN
Samantha has worked across many industries, from Hospitality, to Cyber Security. Having started working part-time & volunteer roles from the young age of 15, she was already committed to multiple jobs at by 21 (despite working full-time). As a graduate with a Double Degree in Arts & Commerce, she has taken on many roles. She has worked for both SMEs and large corporations, such as the Toyota Group.
Fed up with trying to aim for a ‘straight-A-student’ image, she instead focused her time on character-development activities (such as long-term-backpacking). This has given her a strong unorthodox edge over her competition. Samantha has resided in Singapore, New Zealand, and Japan. She now wants to help the next generation of students understand the importance of picking up a vast array of skills, and taking on different roles.
JONATHAN
JONATHAN
HUSTLE + TECH
Jonathan brings deep expertise working with some of the world’s most innovative technology companies, having recruited for both privately backed and public companies such as Gojek, Airbnb and Dairy Farm.
Believing in the importance of cross disciplinary training and agility, Jonathan looks to foster a new generation of problem solvers equipped for the modern internet era. CareerContact was built with the mission of providing a platform and community that allows for greater accessibility to skills and education for all.
WILLIAM
WILLIAM
WEB DEVELOPER
William is a Biological Sciences undergraduate in NTU Singapore. Given that it is a niche discipline, he matriculated with the intent of pursuing academia back then. However, in the process, he found that wet laboratory work is not his cup of tea. In the exploration of alternative career paths, he picked up and enjoyed programming. For him, the opportunity to apply his new skills to bioinformatics at NTU Plants Systems Biology Laboratory was what gave value and direction to the skills he explored. This belief in learning by doing drew him to CareerContact. He hopes to expose fellow young people to the idea that they do not necessarily have to stick to one predefined career path if they are willing to explore new skills.
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