about career camp
vision
Career Camp believes young adults should be able to navigate their own path in life with purpose and to define their own success and happiness.
mission
Career Camp offers career exploration and development services for young adults to prepare them for a purposeful, fulfilling life.
founder and facilitator
Connie Ma founded Career Camp in 2021 to help young adults learn how to explore careers and make the most of their educational experiences. Connie believes in the power of career exploration to change lives. She is dedicated to helping young adults learn how to navigate their own path in life with purpose and defining their own success and happiness. She has worked with high school students, college students, and college graduates on all phases of the career exploration process.
Connie has worked in education and non-profit organizations for over ten years in the US and Taiwan. She has extensive experience in non-profit fundraising and external relations, alumni relations, STEM education and college access, non-profit consulting and evaluation, college and graduate school admissions, and social enterprises. Connie earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Chicago and her master’s degree in public policy from Duke University.
Connie is a proud and happy mother of two. When she finds the spare time, she enjoys travel, biking, photography, and reading books a dozen at a time. She speaks Mandarin and English and has also studied Latin and French. She is passionate and curious about all things that create a more equitable world.
guest speakers
Throughout the Career Camp course, you will hear from industry professionals at different stages in their careers who will share how they found and got into their current job. Learn more about past Career Camp speakers here.