JEAN SUN SHAW is founder and managing principal of life's journey, LLC. - a personal and professional development company providing coaching to individuals who are reinventing themselves.

Jean has lived most of her life in an international environment and has acquired a deep appreciation for the complexities that contribute to identity formation. She is fully aware of challenges that individuals face as they travel their own paths of individuation. She knows issues around racial-cultural identity development, and weaves these insights and her professional training into highly personalized coaching services to multicultural clients. She views life as lived from an authentic place, grounded in integrity to one's self and to one's community.

Jean's early years were spent in Taipei, Bangkok and Manila; she has lived in the United States for over thirty years. Jean has had a successful professional experience in staff and line positions with multinationals in several industries: legal, commodities trading, management consulting, information systems, and financial services. In 1993, Jean returned to an early interest in counseling and subsequently founded life's journey, LLC.

Active in her community, Jean has served on the board of the Asian American Federation of New York, as vice chair of The Center for Asian Pacific American Women, and supports many other cultural and educational non-profit organizations. She currently serves on the Golden Circle Council of American Ballet Theatre. She has lectured to the New York community on career management strategies, and has presented at the national summit of The Center for Asian Pacific American Women, the annual convention of National Association of Asian American Professionals, as well as the Asian Diversity Conference and Career Expo. Jean is also a member of the International Coaching Federation.

Jean received an undergraduate degree in economics at Moravian College; an M.A. in International Relations at The Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver; and an M.A and Ed.M. In Psychological Counseling from Columbia University. She was a 2002 Fellow of the Asian Pacific American Women's Leadership Institute. She received post-graduate certification training at the College of Executive Coaching; and in Ontological Coaching with Newfield Network Inc.

In her spare time, Jean enjoys raising orchids, attending the ballet and opera, and sharing a good meal with old friends. She lives with her husband, Lawrence, on Long Island, New York.