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Previously, Wu earned her B.A. in Political Science from UCLA, where she also mentored middle school students from low-income households as Bruin Partners' Director of Mentee Relations. Before graduating, she conducted independent research at UCLA's Center for American Politics and Public Policy in Washington, D.C., where she studied the relationship between mindset, behavior, and messaging tactics in mass media health campaigns. After graduating, she gained business experience in small administrative roles until she was able to break into the media industry. Since then, she has had the honor of working alongside some of the industry's best at CNN and NBC. Most notably, she served as the business coordinator for Anderson Cooper 360, overseeing all business affairs for Anderson Cooper's primetime show. She also supported network executives and managed business operations for special projects, such as CNN's New Year's Eve Live Hosted by Anderson Cooper and CNN Films' The End: Inside the Last Days of the Obama White House. Ever grateful to her colleagues and mentors, she left the newsroom to care for a loved one with terminal cancer.

 

Since then, she has managed business affairs for a professional painter and earned her M.S. in Crime Analysis from Arizona State University. At UB School of Law, she has founded two student organizations dedicated to cultivating social responsibility within the legal profession.