Jenny Woo

About Jenny Woo

Dr. Jenny Woo is a Harvard-trained educator, EQ researcher, and founder/CEO of Mind Brain Emotion (incubated out of Harvard Innovation Labs). As an MBA social entrepreneur and a Ph.D, she is passionate about bridging science and practice.Dr. Woo is the creator of award-winning card games and mental health tools to help children and adults build emotional intelligence and communication skills. Her bestselling card games, 52 Essential Conversations and 52 Essential Coping Skills, are used in homes, schools, and workplaces in 50+ countries. Dr. Woo has been featured in CNBC, FORTUNE, Forbes, Parents, Fast Company, and Business Insider.Dr. Woo is passionate about helping people realize their potential from classroom to boardroom. She has worked as a Montessori school director, a human capital consultant at Deloitte, an HR Talent & Strategy Manager at Cisco, an MBA career coach at UC Berkeley, a cognitive science researcher conducting memory and growth mindset interventions with adults 70+, and a certified fitness trainer. Dr. Woo is a keynote and Commencement speaker and an author. She teaches Emotional Intelligence and Management Fundamentals at the University of California-Irvine. She lives in Southern California with her husband, three very different kids (two are twins!). Her learning games are available on Amazon and mindbrainemotion.com

Experience

1. Founder CEO

   Mind Brain Emotion

   Jan 2018 — Present

   Incubated out of Harvard Innovation Labs.Nurtured at UCI Beall Applied Innovation.http://mindbrainemotion.com• Creator of award-winning 52 Essential Conversations, 52 Essential Relationships, 52 Essential Critical Thinking Skills, 52 Essential Coping Skills, and 52 Essential Social Skills series. • Used in homes, schools, and workplaces in 50+ countries.• Winner of 2018 Parents\' Choice Awards®, Tillywig BRAIN CHILD Award, and 2021 National Parenting Product Award, Parents\' Favorite Products, Family\'s Choice Award. Featured by Harvard University, Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL), Children\'s Hospital of Orange County, Harvard Graduate School of Education, University of California Berkeley.Also available on Amazon:52 ESSENTIAL COPING SKILLS: ESSENTIAL CONVERSATIONS: ESSENTIAL RELATIONSHIPS: ESSENTIAL CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS: ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS: ESSENTIAL SOCIAL SKILLS (K-3): ESSENTIAL SOCIAL SITUATIONS (3-6): ESSENTIAL SOCIAL DILEMMAS (MIDDLE SCHOOL): Emotional Intelligence Certificate Program: http://courses.mindbrainemotion.com

Education

• Harvard Graduate School of Education

  Master's Degree, Mind, Brain, and Education (Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience)

• USC Marshall School of Business

  Bachelor's Degree, Business Administration, Informatics (graduated a year early)

• University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Organizational Leadership

• Fielding Graduate University

  Certificate, Year-long Evidence-based Coaching Program, ICF ACC Credential

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  MIT Media Lab, Designing for Learning in the Flow

• UC Irvine

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Human Development and Education