unlocking potential
accelerating purpose
Hi, I’m Angela!
I’m a strategic operator bridging education, technology, and entrepreneurship to build the future of learning
Whether advising pre-seed startups, developing curriculum for thousands of learners, or shaping AI policy for schools, I’m passionate about helping people of all ages turn ideas into impact
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2025 - present
we launch me
Founder | Strategic Advisory & Education Product Development
After building Stanford's Education Entrepreneurship Hub, I launched an edtech studio to bring structured frameworks to early-stage chaos — advising 50+ pre-seed startups, developing entrepreneurship curriculum to teach 100s of Stanford students, and helping school districts navigate AI strategy. I partner with Leland to scale entrepreneurship curriculum globally across 100K+ users in 70+ countries
What I learned: the best startup advice isn't generic. It comes from pattern-matching across hundreds of ventures — exactly what I bring to all founders I advise
stanford accelerator for learning
Senior Project Manager | Founding Operator
As Stanford Accelerator for Learning's first business hire, I led strategy, operations, partnerships, and programming. I built the Education Entrepreneurship Hub from concept to 200+ scholars and 70+ ventures in 3 months, raised $5M+, and supported ventures admitted to Y Combinator and funded by Reach Capital and Owl Ventures. I also initiated Stanford's GenAI in Education strategy work and represented Stanford at ASU+GSV, EdTech Week, and National AI Literacy Day
What I learned: building zero-to-one programs and raising millions taught me how to design initiatives that create immediate wins while securing long-term funding
2021 - 2023
2023 - 2025
stanford university
Grad Student | Education, Innovation, Entrepreneurship
I came to Stanford to study international policy, but my heart pulled me toward education as an enabler of human potential. I pivoted completely, immersing myself in edtech, VC, and entrepreneurship by becoming a Threshold Ventures Fellow (and later TA), winning the Botha Chan Innovation Fellowship, leading Cardinal Ventures, and conducting research on AI's labor market impact at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI). When I saw a gap in Stanford's edtech ecosystem, I made an unconventional choice: I stayed as an employee after graduation to build the Education Entrepreneurship Hub that I wished had existed when I arrived
What I learned: the best opportunities come from staying curious and having the courage to pivot. If I'd stuck to what I knew from defense consulting, I would never have discovered my calling in building education ecosystems and advising founders
instructiv
Founder & CEO
Sensing a need I couldn’t ignore, I built and scaled an edtech product to 11,000+ users across 80+ countries in 4 months as a solo founder with zero paid ads, partnering with 40+ organizations (including a Deloitte social media takeover reaching 1M+ followers) and generating revenue. As an international student, I had to pause instructiv to pursue Stanford, but the lessons in product-market fit, viral distribution, and solving problems at decision moments became the foundation of everything I teach founders today!
What I learned: rapid growth comes from solving acute pain at the right moments
2021
2017 - 2021
deloitte consulting
Senior Consultant | AI Researcher & Policy Advisor
I really grew into my own at Deloitte — learning how to think critically, advise constructively, work collaboratively, and bet on myself. Instead of staying with one team, I moved around various practices, always maximizing for learning and impact: led an AI workforce project (generating a $50M pipeline), co-authored Deloitte's flagship AI policy report, co-founded a new account team and won multi-million-dollar contracts, developed our 5-year national government practice strategy, and led campus and experienced hire recruiting which gave me my first insights into the future of work and learning. I knew I had more to learn and grow, so I committed to furthering my education at Stanford
What I learned: growth comes from maximizing learning over comfort and recognizing your own “intrapreneur” potential — the same mindset I have today when building and scaling products
university of pennsylvania
Huntsman Dual Degree in International Studies & Business
Always an optimizer, I refused to choose between business and global impact. I came to Penn hoping to work for the UN but left headed to consulting — mainly because leading Penn International Impact Consulting was so transformative that I couldn’t not consider it as a career path. At Penn, I built lifelong friendships, failed and picked myself back up repeatedly, discovered the direct correlation between consecutive "near-nighters" and delirium, and had the once-in-a-lifetime chance to study abroad in Havana, Cuba during the historic thaw in US-Cuba relations
What I learned: the best opportunities exist at intersections — business x impact, theory x practice — and optimizers with the right support systems can truly have it all ;)
