Yesterday I had the honour to be invited to serve as a mentor for the inaugural mentorship program at the Taiwan Young Professional and Entrepreneur Association (T.Y.P.E.A.).
Two V.I.P. guest speakers, the head of the Taiwan Economic and Culture Office (the official representative of Taiwan in Canada, T.E.C.O.), Mr. K.R. Wang, as well as the president of Taiwan Entrepreneur Society Taipei/Toronto (T.E.S.T.T.), Ms. Cindy Fan, attended the program launch to wish us luck.
While I was expecting only a handful of people, about 10 mentors and over 30 mentees attended the launch.
The mentors came from diverse backgrounds, including accounting, IT, real estate, financial services, engineering, and marketing, all with substantial experience in their respective fields. From the start I felt very inadequate.
Thankfully, I was able to overcome my insecurity and introduced myself without a shaky voice. The senior mentors seemed impressed with the launch of PSWLaw last year.
Later on, I spoke with several students about being a lawyer, beating the LSAT, and getting into a law school.
Although yesterday was only the beginning, I’m confident about the success of the program. I’d like to thank the staff at T.Y.P.E.A. for making this program possible.
photographs © Keri Liu, 2009, all rights reserved.
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