Describe your personal brand.

I’m a working mom working on projects I believe in. My background as a lawyer taught me discipline and structure, but becoming a mother gave me clarity: I want to spend my time on work that feels meaningful. Whether it’s in legal tech or community building, I’m driven by solving real problems, building with integrity, and leaving things better than I found them.

What were you doing before The NUS MBA?

Before my MBA, I built my career as a lawyer across New York and Seoul. After earning my BA in Government from Cornell and my JD from Columbia Law School, I practiced at law firms and later moved in-house to the corporate legal department. This dual perspective — as both legal advisor and client — gave me a deep understanding of the inefficiencies in legal work, which ultimately inspired my transition into legal tech. I’m now Head of Korea Business at BoostDraft, where I help law firms and in-house teams work smarter through tech-powered document automation.

Please share your key achievements and leadership roles on the programme.

During my MBA, I pursued two startup ventures — BillDetail, a legal tech tool to improve time-tracking accuracy for lawyers, and Kinder, a community building project to facilitate interactions between expat and local families. I was proactively seeking out projects that I felt passionate about.

What has been the single most stand-out experience of your MBA?

The most defining experience of my MBA was co-founding a startup with my cohort mates. We came from different countries and backgrounds, but we shared a desire to solve a real pain point. Building BillDetail together — from an idea to a working prototype — taught me about collaboration, resilience, and execution. It was a rare chance to turn shared curiosity into something tangible, and to do it with people I deeply respected.

What advice would you give to other MBA aspirants?

Be true to yourself — and have the courage to follow through on what really matters to you. It’s easy to get swept up in what everyone else is doing. But the most meaningful growth happens when you stop chasing validation and start building a path that actually feels like yours.