Joel is a recent graduate of Loyola University Chicago (www.luc.edu) with two majors in International Business and Sport Management. Joel speaks Japanese fluently and is currently studying Chinese and Spanish. Joel was a very influential student within his business courses at Loyola, due to his familiarity with current issues and skilled persuasive writing.

Joel worked at the 5 Star 5 Diamond Peninsula Hotel Chicago (based out of Hong Kong and Shanghai - Peninsula Chicago English Website) from October 2009 – December 2010. He has also done two internships; one year-long with a company called Octagon (Octagon Website), as their Japan Baseball Intern, and the other was a professional NFL team called the Chicago Bears (Chicago Bears Website) as their Corporate Sales intern.

Joel especially loves business and international cultures and was the Public Relations Student Director of Loyola University's International Club for 2.5 years, therefore, Joel has a great perspective on the effect of internationalism. Furthermore, he has worked at the Loyola University Tutoring Center in 2007 as an ESL, Japanese, and Economics tutor, as well as a Resume and Cover Letter builder/revisionist. During this time, he developed his love for assisting international students apply to foreign schools.  

 Joel不久前毕业于芝加哥Loyola大学(www.luc.edu),  拿到国际贸易和体育经营双学位。我曾去日本留学，说一口流利的日语而且正在自学中文和西班牙语。Joel是一个在商科课堂上很有影响力的学生，主要归功于对时事新闻的了解和有说服力的写作技能。

Joel曾于2009十月到2010十二月之间在在五星级酒店半岛酒店工作（在上海和香港都有分店 - Peninsula Chicago Chinese Website）。同时他曾经有两次实习经历：其中在一家叫Octagon的体育经纪人公司 (Octagon Website) 做日本棒球部实习生，另外在美国他曾在职业橄榄球联盟NFL中芝加哥熊队 (Chicago Bears Website) 做营销实习。

他非常热爱商业以及国际文化。他曾在国际社担任过两年半的学生公共关系负责人。 因此他在国际化关系上有相当广阔的视角。此外，大二期间他在Loyola University 辅导中心曾担任过辅导英语、日语和经济学的助教，同时帮忙修改简历和求职信， 其中我帮助的学生有75％来自亚洲东部。 在这段时间中他激发了对帮助国际学生申请大学的兴趣。