Mentor Interview

Questions

1. What is your full name?
Andy Yu

2. Where are you from (city, state, country)?
Taoyuan City, Taiwan

3. Where did you go to college? For how long? Do you plan to go back to school?
Evergreen State College, Washington State


4. (If the interviewee went to college)… What was your major in college and what kind of degree did you earn? Did you attend graduate school for an advanced degree? If yes, what degree and where?
Community Building and Psycology


5. Why did you choose your professional field?
I was always looking for a job that can also benefit the community. so the field of non-profit is one of htose career that allow me to acheive the goal.

6. What got you involved in this field of work? What inspired you to do it?
in my school year, i ave encountered many mentors, and people was ver friendly and kindly helped me with my studies and and to decide my future. so this career is the way of giving back.

7. Why did you choose this particular job at this particular company?
Bensonhurt is no the area most asian immigrants move into, s the need for those immigrants to fit into the ammerican society is great.

8. How long have you worked here?
Approximately 5 months so far.

9. What is your job title?
E.D

10. What do your duties include? Or What kinds of work does your job involve?
Providing community members direct service to their need for applying social services, benefits, and solve their problems, etc. Also, refer them to the proper government agency to address their issues. additionally, sometime manage programs and arrange classes' scedules.

11. What are some of the challenges you have faced working here?
there still alot of our community member need to be educated, and they have hard time to adopt to the american society.

12. What is the best part of your job?
seeing people got their problems solved. provindng information help them ease their life.

13. What is something you would like to change about your job?
wish to have more community member to be involved as volunteer to serve our community, and to make our community a better and friendly place for all immigrants.

14. Did you work somewhere else before this job? Where? For how long? How was that similar/different?
Yes, i did. i was working at aroma foundation in San Diago for 4 years. smillar place with the current job is it both serve the community. but the first one was give out money, current one is demanding for money.

15. What do you see as your future with this company?
to be more knowledgable about community issues, and able to expand our workplace and service. so we can serve more people in our commnity

16. Do you enjoy the kind of work you do? Why or why not?
similar answer as 12.

17. Do you plan to open your own business one day?
if i see a place that need similar service, maybe i will think to own/establish a center to service people there.

18. How has having an intern helped your company or organization advance or progress?
it really helps keeping our work in the process. because there really have not enough people that volunteer themsevlves to work with us and serve our community. have a intern, helps us cleaned up many little details during the work.

19. What advice would you give to high school-aged interns (such as myself) getting ready for college?
work hard, choose the major that you are interesting in. because if you force youself to learn or to do something you dislike. you have to pay double effort to accomplish the goal.

20. What advice would you give to high school-aged interns (such as myself) preparing to find a career in the real world?
participate in as much club or community service as you can. cause social experience is as important as school is.

21. what kind of student were you as you were in the high school/?
My grade was little bit above the average. and my high school was a very violent place. bad students are everywhere, and they are super-duper hate students with good grade and question asker. and i was little afraid of being beat up by other studetns or teacher. and i was like you. always wondering what you wanna major in as i attend to a college. also at that time. i really have had no bridge to get to where i dreamt to be. so now im working in UCAOB, hopefully will help more people to build the bridge and help them succeed, and inspire them what they need and what they want.