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Jenny Woo
Ph.D. Candidate School of Education Email: jwoo6@uci.edu Website: Mind Brain Parenting LinkedIn | Instagram |
Biography
Jenny Woo is a Ph.D. candidate specializing in Human Development in Context (HDiC). She received her Master's in Mind, Brain, and Education from Harvard University where she also conducted program evaluations at The Center on the Developing Child. Following graduation, she continued her role at Harvard's Teaching and Learning Lab as a facilitator for How People Learn, a foundational course for all Master's of Education students. Jenny also has an MBA from UC Berkeley. There, she also worked as an MBA career coach and instructor in Leadership Communications.
Jenny dedicates her research and career to helping people realize their potentials from classrooms to boardrooms. She has worked in childhood development as a Montessori school administrator; in leadership development as an MBA career coach at UC Berkeley; and in talent development as a management consultant at Deloitte, HR Manager at Cisco, and executive coach in Silicon Valley.
Passionate about bridging research and practice, Jenny developed a series of award-winning K-16 Social Emotional Learning games and tools: 52 Essential Conversations, 52 Essential Relationships, and 52 Essential Coping Skills, used by teachers, parents, and therapists in 50+ countries. Her games have been featured by UCI, The Harvard Gazette, and won the 2018 Parents' Choice Awards. As a TEDx speaker and founder/CEO of Mind Brain Parenting and Mind Brain Emotion, Jenny enjoys giving talks at schools and workplaces on topics related to emotional intelligence, entrepreneurship, and parenting.
During her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and interviewing educators and researchers for her podcast on iTunes called "52 Essential Conversations to Prepare Children for Life."
April 2021
Jenny Woo is a Ph.D. candidate specializing in Human Development in Context (HDiC). She received her Master's in Mind, Brain, and Education from Harvard University where she also conducted program evaluations at The Center on the Developing Child. Following graduation, she continued her role at Harvard's Teaching and Learning Lab as a facilitator for How People Learn, a foundational course for all Master's of Education students. Jenny also has an MBA from UC Berkeley. There, she also worked as an MBA career coach and instructor in Leadership Communications.
Jenny dedicates her research and career to helping people realize their potentials from classrooms to boardrooms. She has worked in childhood development as a Montessori school administrator; in leadership development as an MBA career coach at UC Berkeley; and in talent development as a management consultant at Deloitte, HR Manager at Cisco, and executive coach in Silicon Valley.
Passionate about bridging research and practice, Jenny developed a series of award-winning K-16 Social Emotional Learning games and tools: 52 Essential Conversations, 52 Essential Relationships, and 52 Essential Coping Skills, used by teachers, parents, and therapists in 50+ countries. Her games have been featured by UCI, The Harvard Gazette, and won the 2018 Parents' Choice Awards. As a TEDx speaker and founder/CEO of Mind Brain Parenting and Mind Brain Emotion, Jenny enjoys giving talks at schools and workplaces on topics related to emotional intelligence, entrepreneurship, and parenting.
During her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and interviewing educators and researchers for her podcast on iTunes called "52 Essential Conversations to Prepare Children for Life."
April 2021
