SPOTLIGHT + Member Spotlight: Jasmine Xu, Los Altos High School, California
BY: KATHERINE LIU, NATIONAL PRESIDENT’S WESTERN REGION ASSISTANT Jasmine Xu, a senior at Los Altos High School in Los Altos, California, is the president of Los Altos High’s FBLA chapter. Only one year ago, Los Altos FBLA was a new, inexperienced chapter. Now, it is one of the most active clubs on campus, hosting events almost every week. ―Now that we’ve figured out how FBLA works and what projects are available, it’s been a lot easier trying to actually incorporate projects into our chapter activities,‖ she says. ―It’s been really nice because we’re able to attract more members more easily.‖ For the past three years, Jasmine has competed in Entrepreneurship, a team event that covers business concepts like marketing, finance, and management. This past summer, Jasmine and her teammates placed first at the National Leadership Conference, pulling Los Altos FBLA out of obscurity and into the spotlight. The team’s unexpected success motivated Los Altos’s chapter to become a competitor in the national arena, leading to better organization and more action within Los Altos FBLA. Outside of FBLA, Jasmine plays badminton and writes for the school newspaper. Even with so much on her schedule, she still finds time to just relax: ―I like to eat ramen and drink pearl milk tea, in my free time I make friendship bracelets.‖ Jasmine balances all of her activities carefully, but helping Los Altos FBLA is one of her main goals, she says: ―We’ve obviously grown a lot, but we definitely still have a lot we can improve on.‖ The world is waiting to see what Los Altos FBLA will do next.
+ Ask Aaron? What is your most vivid childhood memory? Thinking back to my child hood I would have to say that my most vivid childhood memory is the fun times I would have with my cousins in the cool pool on a hot summer Arizona day!
What do you want to do after your high school and FBLA career? What plans do you have for college, work, and beyond? After high school I plan to enroll in a four year university (currently in the midst of the college application craziness!) and study either Operations Management or International Affairs. If I go the ―International Affairs‖ route I plan to pursue a career in government. If I go the ―Operations Management‖ route I would love to get a job in planning, development, and promotion of events for the Disney Corporation.
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