Liam Lu
Llantwit Major,UK
Summary
Graduating high school student and incoming freshman at the University of Chicago with a strong academic record. Passionate about entrepreneurship, finance, and geology. Multilingual with proficiency in English, Chinese, and Spanish. Skilled in public speaking, cross-cultural communication, and photography.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work history
Tutor
Llantwit Major School
Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan
2025.02 - 2026.02
- Mentored a group of support-needing first-grade students in a local school through guided reading sessions with phonics and books
- Designed physical fitness activities, including running and calisthenics, to promote healthy habits and teamwork
- Orchestrated full program sessions from icebreakers to farewell rituals, ensuring a positive participant experience
Lantwit Fingerboard Founder & Product Manager
Self-employed
Online
2024.02 - 2026.01
- Contracted with a manufacturer to design and produce affordable ramps
- Launched on eBay to gather seed user feedback, expanded sales channels to Amazon, Temu, TikTok, etc
- Launched KOL campaign with 50 creators on TikTok
- Designed and iterated prototypes, innovated a model for a mortise-and-tenon joint structure, resolving aesthetic issues and improving assembly convenience, patent pending
Volunteer
Valley Service, UWC Atlantic
Llantwit Major, UK
2024.09 - 2025.05
- Planted, harvested, and delivered high-quality produce to the school kitchen, local community, and refugee center
- Maintained the farm and recycled local community waste
- Collaborated with a 10-member team to construct a 1,000-square-meter ecological pond in the valley
Education
International Baccalaureate - Economics
UWC Atlantic
Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan 2024.08 -
Summer Student - Paleontology
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL 2025.06 - 2025.07
Summer Student - Quantitative Evaluation for Public Policy
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL 2024.06 - 2024.07
Advanced Placement -
Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School
Shanghai, China 2023.09 - 2024.06
Skills
Communication:
- Multilingual: English(fluent), Chinese(fluent), Spanish(conversation)
- Public speaking / presentations
- Cross-cultural communication
- Humor
Fitness / Physical Readiness
Film / Digital Photography
Programming
- R, Python, HTML, C, JavaScript languages
Timeline
Summer Student - Paleontology
University of Chicago
2025.06 - 2025.07
Tutor
Llantwit Major School
2025.02 - 2026.02
Volunteer
Valley Service, UWC Atlantic
2024.09 - 2025.05
International Baccalaureate - Economics
UWC Atlantic
2024.08 -
Summer Student - Quantitative Evaluation for Public Policy
University of Chicago
2024.06 - 2024.07
Lantwit Fingerboard Founder & Product Manager
Self-employed
2024.02 - 2026.01
Advanced Placement -
Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School
2023.09 - 2024.06