About Me
I am Quinton, a current Y13 student at Li Po Chun United World College and incoming freshman at the University of Southern California. Growing up in Hong Kong has made me acutely aware of the threats that the natural environment faces from urban expansion, as well as the faults that lie within traditional education systems. As such, I am passionate about environmental conservation, scientific research, and educational empowerment.
Project Description
My project ‘Music For Joy’ stems from my own experience growing up in public estates. I often participated in activities and programmes provided by charity-run community centers in public estates, including camping, board game nights, arts and craft classes; however, I later realized that there was a lack of music education available.
Using my ties with the music community in Hong Kong, my project pairs qualified student teachers from secondary schools in Hong Kong with low-income, underprivileged children living in public estates for 1-1 and group lessons in piano, drums, singing, and more. My project has worked with charities such as BGCA, Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council, YWCA, to broker music room agreements and training with social workers, and has serviced over 30+ children with over 500+ teaching hours.
Achievements Since UNITAR
[1] Named a USC Trustee Scholar (Full tuition, 4 year scholarship):
awarded to ~0.1% of applicants (around 100 selected out of an applicant pool of 82000+).
[2] HKSAF Scholar:
highly selective scholarship awarded to Hong Kong students pursuing US studies, covering room and board; typically awarded to less than 3 scholars a year
[3] International Biology Olympiad-HKC (Bronze):
top 89 out of 1000+ students; selected for round 2 enrichment program in competition for the IBO Hong Kong team
[4] Exxonmobil best potential award
awarded based on a sustainability project and ocean pollution awareness project that I hosted as part of a project with Civic Exchange’s YEA program