Rachel Lu
Toronto,ON
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Teaching Assistant
Pacific American School
05.2025 - 06.2025
- Assisted in classroom management and student engagement strategies to enhance learning environment.
- Arranged individual feedback sessions with students for essay writing, grammar, delivery, and syntax choices.
- Created weekly reading comprehension quizzes based on overall class progress.
- Facilitated an average increase of 150 in ERB Reading Comprehension scores after completion of summer course.
Intern: International Advocacy Internship
LI International Internship Program
08.2024 - 05.2025
- Collaborated with four others to design a campaign to improve girls education in Bauchi, Nigeria.
- Held weekly meetings with the Event Coordinator to ensure smooth implementation of the campaign.
- Analyzed problems and worked with teams to develop solutions after thorough research and interviews with local residents.
- Created infographics and easy-to-understand guides for the campaign.
Teacher's Assistant
Pacific American School
08.2024 - 05.2025
- Assisted the 2024-2025 AP English Language & Composition class.
- Graded and gave individual feedback to student essays, quizzes, midterms, and finals.
- Assisted in creating midterms and finals, taking inspiration from past exams and based on overall class performance.
- Organized classroom resources, ensuring accessibility and efficiency for instructional use.
Orchestra First Violinist
Pacific American School
08.2023 - 05.2025
- Coordinated with conductor, fellow musicians, and musical cast members to deliver annual musical performances such as Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Wedding Singer.
- Performed in the annual Spring Concert with other student musicians.
- Learned a variety of contemporary and classical orchestral pieces.
Editor-in-Chief
Typhoon Times
08.2022 - 05.2025
- Created Typhoon Time's first ever website and updated it periodically every issue.
- Maintained Typhoon Time's Instagram, increasing readership of the website by nearly 60%.
- Oversaw article editing and drafting, giving final approval for each article.
- Managed editorial calendar, ensuring timely delivery of publications and adherence to deadlines.
- Ensured continued communication with the school to set up recruitment booths, cover school events, and collaborate with various students and teachers.
Press Editor-in-Chief
Pacific American School
08.2023 - 05.2024
- Constructed articles about global issues and conference happenings for seven Model United Nation conferences.
- Oversaw production schedule, ensuring timely delivery of three publications during the conference.
- Mentored junior editors, fostering skill development and collaboration.
- Created streamlined formatting for articles and layout editors to ensure uniformity.
- Oversaw the final publication, including text, photographs, layout, and video.
Student Ambassador
Pacific American School
08.2023 - 05.2024
- Created support groups for new students transitioning to the school and led them around during the first few days.
- Conducted monthly checkup meetings to check in with new students and answer questions.
- Facilitated student-teacher communication and student-office communication.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Life Sciences
University of Toronto
04-2029
High School Diploma -
Pacific American School
Hsinchu, Taiwan05-2025
Skills
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Fast learner
- Multitasking and organization
- Problem-solving
- Deadline management
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Chinese (Mandarin)
Professional Working
Timeline
Teaching Assistant
Pacific American School
05.2025 - 06.2025
Intern: International Advocacy Internship
LI International Internship Program
08.2024 - 05.2025
Teacher's Assistant
Pacific American School
08.2024 - 05.2025
Orchestra First Violinist
Pacific American School
08.2023 - 05.2025
Press Editor-in-Chief
Pacific American School
08.2023 - 05.2024
Student Ambassador
Pacific American School
08.2023 - 05.2024
Editor-in-Chief
Typhoon Times
08.2022 - 05.2025
Bachelor of Science - Life Sciences
University of Toronto
High School Diploma -
Pacific American School