Summer Chang worked at a bobotie shop in Taiwan as a teenager, then spent a summer flipping burgers at NASCAR Tennessee Park on a U.S. work program. A week in Los Angeles left her determined to move to America.
Yes. Actually, the journey started when I was 14 years old. I was working and living in a bobotie shop. At that time, I was in Taiwan. The first floor is the business. My room was in the second floor. So imagine this, the high school kids get out of the school, they're sweaty, it's close to 100% humidity. and heat. They want their drink fast, quick. Teenagers, they don't want to wait. So I start grabbing the shaker to put some ice, tea, sweetener. So I close the lid and shaking and mix up the drink, create a texture, the foaming texture, incorporate the ingredients. So that's where I learned about creating a Assembly line, so with all the ingredients. And then that's how I gained insight, how I learned into efficiency, the process, the system, the operation system. Fast forward, during college, I applied this summer program to travel and work in United States for 3 months. So during the— So doing what? Doing what? Doing American's first job, flipping burgers at NASCAR Tennessee Park. So after the program is finished, I stopped at LA for a week. That really opened up my eyes. So after I returned back to Taiwan, I just cannot get enough of American dream.
