The Communications Portfolio
The Communications Portfolio consists of 5 executives.
Seniors - Prudence, Michelle
Juniors - Imelda, Chloe, Mikayla
Name: Prudence Hung (she/her)
Position: Senior Communications
Year: 4
Faculty: Land and Food Systems
Birthday: June 5th, 2002
MBTI: ISTP
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Prudence Facts:
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Prudence has been a part of K-Wave since September 2021.
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Prudence has previously been a Junior Communications Executive and it is her second year being a Senior Communications Executive.
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She is majoring in Nutritional Sciences.
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Prudence loves Korean food, and she especially likes naengmyeon, jajangmyeo, and japchae.
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Her favourite foods are bread and cheesecake.
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She enjoys listening to K-rock and K-indie artists because of their unique style.
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Prudence got into K-Culture in 2018 through Blackpink’s Ddu-du Ddu-du, and is now mostly into girl groups.
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Prudence’s current favourite artists include fromis_9, VIVIZ, YUJU, The Rose, Ha Hyunsang, and WJSN.
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Her ultimate biases are fromis_9's Jiheon, WJSN's Eunseo and Ha Hyunsang.
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Her favourite K-Dramas are Twenty-Five Twenty-One, While You Were Sleeping, and My Demon.
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Prudence went to Yonsei University for exchange in summer 2023.
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Prudence went to fromis_9’s #menow mini fanmeeting at Music Bank and
made air hearts with members Jiwon and Hayoung. She would be happy to talk about the story again and relive the moment. -
She was an online live audience for After School Club's episode with fromis_9, and caught the members' attention with her hand drawn poster.
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Prudence went to Woosung’s MOTH EP Showcase concert in Vancouver and made a heart sign with him during the meet & greet afterwards.
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She has gotten a reply from Dreamcatcher’s Dami on Weverse and EL7Z UP’s Yeeun on Mnet Plus.
Name: Michelle Sutjitro (she/her)
Position: Senior Communications
Year: 4
Faculty: Science (Integrated Sciences)
Birthday: January 10th, 2002
MBTI: ISFJ
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Michelle Facts:
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Michelle has been a part of K-Wave since September 2022.
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Michelle has previously been a Junior Communications Executive and it is her first year being a Senior Communications Executive.
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She is majoring in Integrated Sciences, integrating Pharmacology, Physiology and Public Health.
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She is currently in co-op at the Vancouver General Hospital doing research on surgical cancer.
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Her hobbies include shopping, watching movies and youtube, going on picnics, traveling, and pottery painting.
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Random facts about her are that she has a phobia of frogs, has an extreme dislike for watermelons and loves condiments.
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Michelle first got into K-culture in 2015 through Running Man and has watched 90% of all the episodes, and then got into K-pop through INFINITE.
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Her current favourite artists are SEVENTEEN and TREASURE.
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Her ultimate biases are SEVENTEEN’s S.Coups and TREASURE’s Choi Hyun Suk.
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Michelle loves to watch K-variety shows like Going Seventeen, Running Man, MMTG, Sixth Sense, Channel Fullmoon, Lee Young Ji’s No Prepare and many more!
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She went to SEVENTEEN’s first Asia Pacific fanmeeting in 2016 in Jakarta, and most recently BE THE SUN world tour in Seattle.
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In SEVENTEEN’s fanmeeting in 2016, S.Coups looked at her sign and smiled at her.
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Michelle also listens to many K-r&b artists including DPR LIVE, ZICO, DEAN, HEIZE, Jay Park, and Crush.
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Her favourite foods are kimchi-jjigae, tempura and chipotle.
Name: Imelda Alimin (she/her)
Position: Junior Communications
Year: 4
Faculty: Commerce
Birthday: March 20th, 2002
MBTI: INFP
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Imelda Facts:
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Imelda has been a part of K-Wave since September 2023.
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It is Imelda’s first year being a Junior Communications Executive.
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Imelda is currently majoring in Marketing with a concentration in Business Analytics.
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Her hobbies include drawing, sleeping in, playing her keyboard, and driving at night.
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She loves going out to Richmond for late-night eats.
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For her 17th birthday, her friends made her a wedding rundown for her "marriage" with Bang Yedam.
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She got into K-Culture for the first time in 2011 with Girls' Generation's Oh! MV and listened to Girls’ Generation only, but started becoming a K-pop stan in 2016 with BTS' Blood, Sweat, and Tears.
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Her favourite groups include SEVENTEEN, NCT, BTS, iKON, DPR LIVE, and NewJeans.
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Imelda’s ultimate biases are Bang Yedam, NCT’s Haechan, SEVENTEEN’s DK, and BTS’ Suga.
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Her favourite K-Drama is Twenty-Five Twenty-One and her favourite variety show is Going Seventeen.
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She loves Korean food, especially naengmyeon.
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She has gone to multiple K-pop concerts: BTS (2017), iKON (2018), KARD (2018), Asian Sound Syndicate Vol.1 (2019), NCT Dream (2020), DPR (2022), and watched LOONA's online concert in 2021.
Name: Chloe Lam (she/her)
Position: Junior Communications
Year: 3
Faculty: Arts (Cognitive Systems)
Birthday: December 9th, 2003
MBTI: INFP
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Chloe Facts:
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Chloe has been a part of K-Wave since September 2023.
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It is Chloe’s first year being a Junior Communications Executive.
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She is majoring in Cognitive Systems (Psyc stream).
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She speaks English, Cantonese, and Mandarin. She is learning Korean too!
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Chloe loves a variety of food, especially ramen, poutine, kimbap, spicy naengmyeon and sour food.
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She enjoys dancing and listening to K-rnb. She is also good at keeping herself busy.
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Chloe got into K-Culture in 2017 through BTS’s Spring Day because of its nostalgic tones. Among their songs, Boy In Luv and Fire caught her attention the most, and she has been actively exploring various K-pop songs since then.
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Her current favourite artists include BTS, NewJeans, wave to earth, TXT, IU, and The Rose.
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Her ultimate biases are BTS's Jungkook, TXT's Taehyun, and NewJeans’s Minji.
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Her favourite K-Dramas are While You Were Sleeping, Dr. Romantic, and Our Beloved Summer.
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Chloe wishes to attend KCON or a wave to earth/BTS concert!
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She regularly attends K-pop dance classes hosted by K-Wave or Hip-Hop classes in dance studios across Vancouver. She loves it when healthy fandoms cheer each other up which makes dance classes a more enjoyable experience!
Name: Mikayla Tam (she/her)
Position: Junior Communications
Year: 1
Faculty: Commerce
Birthday: March 1st, 2006
MBTI: INFP
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Mikayla Facts:
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Mikayla has been a part of K-Wave since January 2024.
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It is Mikayla's first year being a Junior Communications Executive.
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She enjoys dancing, singing, photography, volleyball, baking or cooking, and playing video games, especially on her Nintendo switch.
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She also keeps up with professional soccer (premier league).
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Mikayla likes building lego, going on walks, and writing english versions of her favourite k-pop songs.
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She has a Youtube Channel and the name is same as her full name.
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Her favorite bubble tea is soy milk green tea with boba, with 10% sugar and 30% ice (it is a drink from Taiwan only).
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Mikayla's favourite foods are hot pot, malatang, udon, taiwanese popcorn chicken, korean rice cake hot pot, and mango.
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One of her long-term goals is to be fluent in five languages, including English, Chinese, Korean, Cantonese, and Japanese.
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Mikayla got into K-Culture in 2016 through TWICe's TT.
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In the year she got into K-pop, her friends invited her to perform at the school's talent show with them. They danced to Playing With Fire by BLACKPINK and this started her dancer journey.
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Her current favourite artists include NCT Dream, SEVENTEEN, and Astro.
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Her ultimate biases are NCT Dream's Jaemin and Renjun, SEVENTEEN's Jun, and Rocky (ex-Astro).
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Mikayla's favourite K-Drama is True Beauty.
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Her favourite variety shows are Master in the House, ISAC, Going Seventeen, Knowing Bros, and Game Caterers.
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Mikayla went to to SEVENTEEN's Ideal Cut in Taipei in Oct 2018 with my mom and witnessed multiple memorable scenes, such as Hoshi's "TT" cover, Josuha wearing a wig for because he lost all the nightmarket games, "Oh My!" sung in Chinese, and experienced the never ending "Aju Nice"
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She appeared on Girls Planet 999 for sending a fan letter to trainee Kamimoto Kotone (now TripleS member).
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She won a fancall with Rocky in 2021 and the way he wrote her name is now her lockscreen wallpaper. In the same era, she won a signed polaroid of Rocky too!
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Mikayla went to a life4cut event for Boys Planet trainee Lee Jeonghyeon (now Evnne member) in Korea.
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Mikayla visited seoul in May 2023 for her high school grad trip and gained a whole new appreciation for K-Culture during her time in the country.
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She enjoys K-pop video games, notably superstar ATEEZ and NCT Zone.
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