Crew Team Board Member

Sherri Hong

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Education

The Hockaday School, Dallas, TX (August 2018 to Present)

GPA: 3.87/4.3 Expected Graduation: May 2022

Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

Expected Graduation: May 2026

Leadership Experience

Founder & President, Feminism XY (August 2020 to Present)

Created an online organization to educate Chinese adolescents, mostly males, about feminism through weekly book discussions, podcasts, research articles, and personal experiences.

Responsible for organizing the membership, coordinating activities, and leading discussions and seminars in an effort to raise awareness about feminist education in China.

Compose and edit articles for social media platforms monthly and competition submissions, including China Thinks Big, aimed at addressing the social issues facing China today.

Leadership Board Member and Testimony Collector, HiStory Retold (August 2020 to Present)

Selected to serve on the leadership board for a student-lead organization aimed at diversifying the perspectives taught in the history curriculum at State Texas public schools. The goal is to increase awareness of voices from underrepresented communities through history education.

Collect testimonials from the LGBTQ+ and Asian American communities specifically about their experiences with history education in Dallas public schools. Testimonials are collected in an effort to include minority voices and experiences.

Creative Writing and Literary Arts

Kenyon Review Young Writers Online Program (Words and Wonders) (July 2021)

Attended a creative writing workshop focused on exploring the existences of ourselves, others, and the world around us through the manipulation of words and imagination.

Published the prose, A Night Unspent in Beijing, in Kenyon Young Writers Anthology.

Stanford Summer Humanities Institute (Magical Realism: One Hundred Years of Solitude) (July 2021)

Attended a course analyzing the novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez.

Produced the research paper outline discussing the construction of temporalized space in OHYS and its relation to Gaston Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space and Moyan’s novels.

Poetry Out Loud (April 2019 and April 2020)

Participated in Hockaday’s Poetry Out Loud competition

Recited “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop and “One Hundred Love Sonnets: XVII” by Pablo Neruda

Siheyuan Creative Space (Beijing, China) (October-December 2020)

Assisted in creating a physical space for self-expression open to all young artists who desired to explore his/her connection with music, philosophy, visual arts, and writing.

Students partaking in gap years and remote learning during the pandemic came together in this creative space to self-reflect and learn from each other.

Assisted in the production of documentary film, Courtyard, to capture Beijingnese’s lives hidden in hutongs.

Zhuli Humanity Summer Camp (Hangzhou, China) (August 2020)

Attended a literary analysis camp taught by academics who came together in an effort to promote the study of humanities in China.

Participated in classes and discussions focused on Women in Literature, Paradise Lost, and Hamlet.

Engaged in a final presentation comparing Emily Dickenson and Sappho’s poetry and performed the soliloquy in Hamlet.

Founder and President, Hockaday’s Dead Poets Society (Fall 2021 to present)

Created a student-led organization aimed at reestablishing the tradition of Thoreau

Encouraged poetry recitation and discussions to probe the meanings buried behind text and to relish the sounds of words.

Community Service

Volunteer, Feast of Sharing (2018–2020

Served holiday meals for 27 communities throughout Texas

Volunteer, Genesis Women’s Shelter (2020-2021)

Assisted in the process of planning Hockaday’s annual fashion show to fundraise for Genesis Women’s Shelter

Volunteer, Jubliee Tutoring (2018)

Tutored students in a variety of subjects, including Math and English, and developed friendships with children from diverse backgrounds

Athletic Involvement

Hockaday Crew Team (Spring 2019 – Spring 2020): 12 hours/week

Pumpkin Heads regatta 3rd place (October 26th, 2019)

Brazos Regatta 3rd place (November 9th, 2019)

Tingyou Rowing Club (Nanjing, China) (Fall 2020): 12 hours/week

Won 1st place in Ordos Masters Regatta for 1k double and quad (August 2020)

Hockaday Lacrosse Team (Spring 2021): 10 hours/week

Honors & Awards

French National Award-Platinum Level 2 (August 2020)

Scholastic Art & Writing Honorable Mention (January 2021)

China Thinks Big National Level-Third Place (March 2021)

French National Award-Silver Level 3 (May 2021)

Hockaday’s French Award (May 2021)

Proficiencies

Languages – French (proficient)

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