JUNE 2017 24 | FRONTDOORSMEDIA .COM {leadership} OFFICE DOORS to go to school for free. “It’s about how we can take best and full advantage of what a partner has to offer, and how they can take best and full advantage of what we have to offer,” she said. Choi, who was the first in her family to graduate college, and remains the only one in her family to hold an advanced degree, has felt the impact of programs similar to the ones she works to help implement today. These programs include initiatives that help give women and under-served minorities access to entrepreneurship resources they historically have not received their fair share of. Her passion for entrepreneurship and helping to provide aspiring entrepreneurs with the resources they need is clear. She admires small businesses, which she refers to as main street entrepreneurship. “There’s nothing small about wanting to be your own boss,” she said. “I like entrepreneurship, not because I think everyone needs to start their own business, but because I think everybody needs to be a problem solver,” she continued. These values are something she strives to instill in her nine-year-old daughter, encouraging her to be a problem solver in everyday life, instead of someone who’s merely a “problem spotter.” “I tell her, ‘Let’s be people who think about how to make things better,’” she said. Her way of making things better is by furthering ASU’s mission and by helping the students there who are working to make their own lives better. “This is my path, and this is where I feel the most comfortable,” she said. “This is where I feel I can make the most impact.” This is my path, and this is where I feel the most comfortable,” she said. “This is where I feel I can make the most impact.

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