My name is Anderson Chen, and I am currently a junior studying at Kaohsiung American School based in Taiwan. I’m looking forward to the following year, because I’m given the opportunity to focus on what I love to do!

Thanks to my parent, the CAS strands (Creativity, Activity, Service) were well modeled in my youth, they always support my passion, I remember saying I wanted to play in Argentina National Soccer Team when I was 10 so my mom found a former Chinese National Team member to coach our soccer team. I’m really grateful for what they’ve done to build my strengths today, I’ve still got a lot to share, so here’s some of my experiences that built my CAS profile:

Creativity

I started drawing when I was really young, my grandparents were my art teachers, when I was in elementary school, my grandpa bought my a comic book, it was the comic book that got me into drawing, and slowly, I approached more variety of arts such as digital art, collage, photography.etc

Besides drawings, I also love Filming and Editing, I discovered this interest in 8th grade, and filmed my first video in 10th grade, this was a video about Elderly Population in Taiwan. I have improved throughout this summer so I will be producing better content in my CAS project!

Activity

My foundation was climbing trees when I was a 1st grader, it took me a long long time to achieve that but I never gave up because I was trying to impress people. This dedication is really what I need today in any activity! The first sport I ever played first was soccer, I joined soccer team in 1st grade in China, joined Tainan Eagles in 6th grade, and joined KAS Varsity in 9th grade, but I have stopped playing because I  always liked Basketball more. I started playing basketball in 6th grade, I made Basketball JV in 9th grade and 10th grade, but that was not really what I wanted. My goal this year is to make Varsity this year, and also, dunk!

Every summer since 8th grade, I would participate summer camps in Washington State and Oregon State, I got involved in many adventurous activities, they were the most memorable moments so far!

Service

Thanks to the education in KAS, I gradually became a global citizen and a person who knows how to contribute to his community, throughout my years in KAS, I learned multiple perspectives about global issues or community-based problems, clubs, classes taught me ways to raise awareness and help out the community. Last year, I was filming videos raising awareness about elderly population in Taiwan, and this year, I’ve contacted a social volunteer who has participated in many charity events, my goal is to make a documentary about her and the organizations she visited such as drug control center or jail.