Get to know Joanna

Marketing exec turned
Founder & CEO
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Career Coach
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Mom
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Wave Chaser

Hey, I’m Joanna! I’m here to help you confidently chase your next wave.

If you’re obsessed with being better every day, you’re in the right company.

I’m all about working smart and making bold moves. Before starting this podcast, I spent my time:

  • Earning my MBA at one of the world’s top 10 business schools.
  • Acting as a media spokesperson at Spotify.
  • Empowering leaders and teams across renowned global brands.


When I’m chasing a goal, I go all in with curiosity and relentlessness. But I also know when to hit pause—usually with a 16-episode Korean drama binge (no regrets).

I’m here to bring that same energy to you as your mentor, coach, and friend.

Let’s go chase that wave.

From my podcast to coaching and more, everything I do is created to take you from hesitation to action, stuck to unstoppable. All to get you ready to chase your next wave.

And if you really wanted to know why I am the way I am:


Growing up in dual cultures made me curious about the world.

I was born and raised in Queens, New York. My parents decided that learning Cantonese (Chinese dialect) was more important than English. That was an experience. The exposure to different languages, cultures, and ways of thinking made me curious about the world and the people in it.


The overachieving spirit is in my family’s legacy.

My mom is an entrepreneur who built her real estate agency from the ground up. She did all of this while raising me on her own as a single parent. I think a lot of who I am – my strong independence, my ambition, and even my strange love of browsing properties (in-person and online) – comes from her. She’s my role model, and neither of us take failure as an option. I have learned though, to grow through it, not in spite of it.


With the unique combination of wanderlust and curiosity, and my planner/overachiever/action mindset, we have just the right formula to chase the next wave, together.