NESsT Entrepreneur-in-Residence (June - August 2003, Santiago)

Business School: Oxford University Said Business School

NESsTER Project: Assist in writing business plan, developing systems and tools, and forming strategic recommendations for NESsT  Consulting

“Working at NESsT gave me a hands-on chance to see everything we had learned in business school put into action. The application of business school studies towards a nonprofit endeavor was an especially valuable experience, since many of my future interests lie in the nonprofit world. The supported, yet independent nature of our team project gave me the freedom to explore the issues we were facing with my own approaches. The result was a great learning opportunity spanning the realm of financials to marketing to human resources to operations. One of the highlights was becoming a part of the unique NESsT team culture. I always felt that the staff were eager to answer any of my questions and had much wisdom to share from their extensive experience in the field.”

-- Celina Yong

Background: Celina completed her MBA at Oxford's Said Business School in September 2003. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a BS in Molecular Environmental Biology and from the London School of Economics with an MSc in Health Policy, Planning, and Financing. During college, Celina worked on analyzing health programs in Senegal with USAID, health policy work at The White House, and scientific research at the National Insitutes of Health. She served as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the award-winning Issues Berkeley Medical Journal and founded the Promise America motivational program for youth across 22 states. She recently worked on the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria at the Center for Global Health & Economic Development in NYC. Celina has been recognized as a Truman Scholar, Marshall Scholar, and Soros Fellow. Upon completion of her MBA from Oxford, she will matriculate as a medical student at Stanford University School of Medicine.

Contact: cyong@stanford.edu