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Marilyn M. Huang

Biography

Summary: Marilyn Huang, 20, who began investing in stocks when she was 10 years old, is determined to pursue a business career. She has been a regional officer and long-time volunteer leader with the Key Club in the Utah-Idaho region and worked full-time as a bank clerk while pursuing her studies at
Salt Lake Community College in Salt Lake City, UT. Ms. Huang has also welcomed international students and raised funds for several charities. She has taken piano lessons for many years.

Biography: Ms. Huang began investing in stocks and bonds at the age of 10, decided early that she wanted a career in business, and did everything she could to learn about her chosen field. While in high school, she attended a Utah Business Week camp at Utah State University and by her senior year was nominated to be a Business/Marketing Sterling Scholar. Ms. Huang then enrolled in business courses at a neighboring high school's Academy of Finance.

Ms. Huang was equally enthusiastic about the piano, taking private lessons since she was 10 years old, and entered statewide competitions, winning an excellent rating from the Utah Federation of Music Clubs for three years in a row. "I loved every minute of it," she said of her piano playing.

During her high school years, Marilyn became active in the Key Club, a service organization sponsored by the Kiwanis clubs, and rose to lieutenant-governor of the Utah-Idaho District. She contributed more than 900 hours of her time to Key Club community service projects. Advisers to the Key Club describe her as "a somewhat quiet, but very competent, serious, thoughtful, intelligent person," as Erland and Janice Elmer wrote.

Her quiet temperament has never held Ms. Huang back. In college, she became a member of the Peer Leadership Council, volunteered with programs that help students from other countries adjust to American life, and worked virtually full-time as a bank clerk - while earning a 3.64 grade point average. Her skills at organizing her time reflect her determination to succeed in business. "I have been able to relate business to my everyday routine to how I think and act about my daily decisions," she says.

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