About Me. YAY!

​Yujia(Katherine) sees herself as a life-long student. Yujia(Katherine) has over seven years of experience working in non-profit and humanitarian services settings and she had done 15 diverse paid part-time jobs.

Yujia(Katherine)had been a volunteer for over 40 non-profit organizations in both Canada and USA putting in over 2300 volunteer hours in total.

Fun fact: she used to be a vegetarian 🌱 for over three years and she is a registered organ donor since March 2015. She has over 8 years of humanitarian and nonprofit experience.

Professional Licenses:
Registered Social Worker in Ontario, Canada
Designing Your Life Certified Coach

EDUCATION

Graduate School Alma Mater
Columbia University in the City of New York
Master of Science in Social Work
Focus: Counseling and Psychotherapy
​Advanced Clinical Practice in Contemporary Social Issues

Undergraduate School Alma Mater
University of Toronto (Victoria College)
Honour Bachelor of Arts
Specialist: Religion
Major: Sexual Diversity Studies
Minor: Women and Gender Studies & Jewish Studies

High School Alma Mater
Branksome Hall (Canada Campus)

Primary School and Middle School Alma Mater
Nanjing Foreign Language School (Xianlin Campus)
​南京外国语学校 （仙林分校）

EXPERIENCE / SKILLS

Event Planning
Volunteering 
Research
Counseling
Psychotherapy 
Project Management
Project Execution
​Social Enterprise Consultation
Social Innovation

SELECTED AWARDS / RECOGNITION

International Peace Award Nominee(FASS) - December 2020
Citation from Canadian Red Cross - May 2017
Milestone Award from Canadian Red Cross - May 2017
Ontario Service Award - May 2017
Volunteer Award in Arts and Culture - December 2016