Meet our team
Minjae Jaden Kim
Founder & president
Jaden lives in Irvine, California. He is currently a junior at the Orange County School of the Arts, and enjoys playing the violin.
Truanne Chen
VICE PRESIDENT
Truanne is a senior going to school in Orange County but lives in Arcadia. She enjoys figure skating, violin, coding, and working with children in underprivileged communities 🙂
Cameron Oates
DIRECTOR
Hi! My name is Cameron Oates and I’m a junior at Oxford Academy HS in Cypress, California. In my free time I enjoy playing soccer and violin, riding bikes, blasting music, and hanging out with my friends. I LOVE Six Flags roller coasters and beach days with friends!!
Joanna Liu
director
Joanna lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is currently a junior at Clark High School and enjoys swimming and playing the piano to destress.
Eason Greene
director
Eason has been to over 40 countries. While in India, he attended an Economics and Marketing seminar at the Business School IBS Mumbai. From an early age, Eason has loved investing in the stock market; when he was 9, he bought his first share: Boeing. While not traveling, Eason plays water polo and runs an environmental club in the small town of Sonora, California. Eason plans to study Environmental Policy when he graduates.
Owen Ryder
Dircetor of Escondido branch
Leona Lin
Vice president
Leona is a Class of 2026 student at the Acting Conservatory in Orange County School of the Arts. This April, her team secured second place in the Young Entrepreneurs competition. Leona also led her ISWL team to the final round of the Johns Hopkins University HopStart entrepreneurship competition, competing against college undergraduate and graduate teams. Passionate about finance, she wishes to promote financial literacy among young students. In addition, she has a diverse range of hobbies: she’s been skiing for 9 years, dancing for 7 years, and acting for 3 years. She also loves traveling, and Northern Europe is high on her bucket list.
Joel carrasco
director of fallbrook
Joel is a senior at Orange County School of the Arts. He was born in San Diego and still lives in the area. In his free time he enjoys playing the violin, rock climbing, spending time outdoors, and hanging out with friends
Illirian Traga
director of Santa Barbara county
Ilir is an avid reader with a love for whimsical characters such as Don Quixote. His love for reading led him to establish a nonprofit based in literacy in his hometown of Santa Maria. When he’s not reading, Ilir enjoys rock climbing, surfing, and kickboxing. Inspired by his recent election as Governor of California Boys and Girls State, Ilir plans to study political science when he graduates high school.
Joshua Ta
director of providence, Rode Island
Joshua is a current freshman from Southern California at Brown University studying Economics and Computer Science. From an early age, just has been passionate with finding the intersections between the finance and tech world and is currently working towards providing FinTech education opportunities towards high school students. He also enjoys playing basketball, cello and engaging in the hiking club at school.
Kayla Kim
Media manager
Kayla is a freshman attending the Orange County School of the Arts and lives in Irvine, California. She enjoys archery and playing viola.