Welcome to SoundPost Youth Foundation
The SoundPost Youth Foundation was founded in the Silicon Valley in 2014 with the primary goal of creating a platform for its youth to utilize his/her talents - musical or otherwise - and interact with the community.
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Current Programs
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JiaEn Home Visit
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On January 5th, 2024, we planned a fun afternoon for the kids at JiaEn Home in Tainan, Taiwan, sharing about different topics such as classical music and American culture. The activities were led by Ariel Chien, our social media manager and project leader, and Teacher Susie, founder of JiaEn Home.
JiaEn Home (加恩屋) is a place that provides afterschool care to children, grades 1-6, of families that cannot afford regular afterschool education programs in the countryside of Tainan (South Taiwan). Without JiaEn Home’s support, these children have limited resources to support their academic development or cultural education. It is hosted by a group of volunteers, including teachers and parents, who devote their time and money to sustain the program. |
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Peace & Love: Light of Music Concert Program
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Who we are: We are a non-profit youth volunteer group focused on supporting the needs of our community. As high school students in the Bay Area, we engage with compassion to raise awareness and make a difference in the teen community.
Why this project: The war in Ukraine has affected many lives, displacing families and forcing many to leave their homes and loved ones. The Peace & Love: Light of Music benefit concert provides an opportunity for teens in the Bay Area as well as donors and sponsors to help support Ukrainian music students.
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A Musical Afternoon with Alex "A Musical Afternoon with Alex" is a virtual concert dedicated to Alex Sims, who has IPEX, a rare and aggressive auto-immune disease, and needs a bone marrow transplant to survive. Our goal is to spread our love and care, getting to know more about him through interactive activities. We have planned a concert filled with fun games and music performances, and we cannot wait to share it all with Alex! Visit Alex Sims' FaceBook page: https://www.facebook.com/cotaforteamalexs/ |
“Sounds Good 4 Teens” Podcast
SoundPost Youth started the “Sounds Good 4 Teens” podcast in 2020. The podcast showcases the voices by teens, for teens. We share viewpoints of current events and bring positivities on topics that matters to teens and their communities.
Link to podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundsgoodforteens
Link to podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundsgoodforteens
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Love and Care Projects
Most of our Love and Care proceeds go to a little girl named Miradie living in Congo. Miradie is nine years old and loves to draw. |
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Past Project
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2019 Winning Video by Sara Voong
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2019 Express to De-Stress Video Contest
Inspire, alleviate, balance, and stay positive! We created the project in hope to alleviate rising stress levels in teens and bring awareness to this increasing important topic. Express to De-Stress provided an outlet for teens to share their ways of unwinding and letting go of pressing matters on their mind through media. 20 finalist videos were chosen and the winning video (see right) was awarded with $300 scholarship. |
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Mission Statement
Our mission is to enhance the youth development by providing opportunities of community engagement, outreach programs, and a broad range of activities to educate and enrich their experiences toward lifetime success and fulfillment. 
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Pallas Wang, President
From Passion to Action – Pallas believes that everyone has their own music, and she has always been passionate about helping youths discover that potential. Throughout her years as a business director and, later, as a guidance counselor, she provided support and advice to teens in order to guide them down their best paths. She currently works with teens as they face personal and academic challenges and assists students from first generation and disadvantaged background, ensuring that all youth receive an opportunity to strive for success and to pursue their dreams.
As part of her effort to help teens build a strong foundation for the future, she has led trips into undeveloped areas, where she worked with students to deliver food and to provide education to children there. These experience inspired her to drive the mission of SoundPost Youth by creating a platform for teens to get involved and give back. Her creativity, enthusiasm, and compassion have motivated hundreds of students, and she hopes to inspire more teens in the community to reach for their dreams and make a difference together. In her free time, she enjoys art, music, hiking, traveling, reading, and painting.
Grace Hung, Executive Director
Grace started out as a parent volunteer and has been with SoundPost since its inception. In 2019, Grace started leading the public speaking workshops and created the “Sounds Good 4 Teens” podcast with students. She believes it’s never too early to prepare and develop our future leaders, by empowering the students to try new things, and learn from mistakes. “Brave, not perfect” and “Done is better than perfect” are her mantras. With a career in high-tech for over 20 years, she hopes to teach the students how to run an organization, manage projects and be an effective leader in a systematic way. Grace has been a technical leader at Stanford since 2012. She graduated from STLP (Stanford technical Leadership Program) in 2019 and is the current membership chair of the Stanford TOTF (Talk of the Farm) speaking club.
Megan Chen, Development Director
Megan Chen received her M.M. in Piano Performance from the Rueil-Malmaison National Conservatory in Paris, France. After graduation, Chen started her teaching career at the Chinese Culture University, as well as teaching in various music talent programs in Taiwanese elementary and middle schools. Chen moved to the Bay Area in 2002, where she participated as a piano accompanist at De Anza College. She currently runs Megan & Ryan Studio.
Ryan Chen, Music Director
Mr. Chen is a concert violinist and a renown violin teacher. He received his Master of Music Diploma in Violin Performance from the Rueil-Malmaison National Conservatory in Paris. During his studies there, he gave many solo performances and performed with the Raspail String Quartet. Immediately upon his return to Taiwan, Mr. Chen was appointed Concertmaster of the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. He has performed in the United States, Taiwan, Russia, China and Europe. He has also collaborated with many orchestras as a soloist, including the Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley Orchestra, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Taipei Chamber Orchestra and Chinese Culture University Orchestra. Mr. Chen relocated to San Jose, California in 2002, where he still leads an active life as both an educator and as a performer. His students have won many competitions and auditions throughout the Bay Area and in Taiwan.
From Passion to Action – Pallas believes that everyone has their own music, and she has always been passionate about helping youths discover that potential. Throughout her years as a business director and, later, as a guidance counselor, she provided support and advice to teens in order to guide them down their best paths. She currently works with teens as they face personal and academic challenges and assists students from first generation and disadvantaged background, ensuring that all youth receive an opportunity to strive for success and to pursue their dreams.
As part of her effort to help teens build a strong foundation for the future, she has led trips into undeveloped areas, where she worked with students to deliver food and to provide education to children there. These experience inspired her to drive the mission of SoundPost Youth by creating a platform for teens to get involved and give back. Her creativity, enthusiasm, and compassion have motivated hundreds of students, and she hopes to inspire more teens in the community to reach for their dreams and make a difference together. In her free time, she enjoys art, music, hiking, traveling, reading, and painting.
Grace Hung, Executive Director
Grace started out as a parent volunteer and has been with SoundPost since its inception. In 2019, Grace started leading the public speaking workshops and created the “Sounds Good 4 Teens” podcast with students. She believes it’s never too early to prepare and develop our future leaders, by empowering the students to try new things, and learn from mistakes. “Brave, not perfect” and “Done is better than perfect” are her mantras. With a career in high-tech for over 20 years, she hopes to teach the students how to run an organization, manage projects and be an effective leader in a systematic way. Grace has been a technical leader at Stanford since 2012. She graduated from STLP (Stanford technical Leadership Program) in 2019 and is the current membership chair of the Stanford TOTF (Talk of the Farm) speaking club.
Megan Chen, Development Director
Megan Chen received her M.M. in Piano Performance from the Rueil-Malmaison National Conservatory in Paris, France. After graduation, Chen started her teaching career at the Chinese Culture University, as well as teaching in various music talent programs in Taiwanese elementary and middle schools. Chen moved to the Bay Area in 2002, where she participated as a piano accompanist at De Anza College. She currently runs Megan & Ryan Studio.
Ryan Chen, Music Director
Mr. Chen is a concert violinist and a renown violin teacher. He received his Master of Music Diploma in Violin Performance from the Rueil-Malmaison National Conservatory in Paris. During his studies there, he gave many solo performances and performed with the Raspail String Quartet. Immediately upon his return to Taiwan, Mr. Chen was appointed Concertmaster of the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. He has performed in the United States, Taiwan, Russia, China and Europe. He has also collaborated with many orchestras as a soloist, including the Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley Orchestra, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Taipei Chamber Orchestra and Chinese Culture University Orchestra. Mr. Chen relocated to San Jose, California in 2002, where he still leads an active life as both an educator and as a performer. His students have won many competitions and auditions throughout the Bay Area and in Taiwan.
Thanks to all volunteering directors and the dedicated team!
Pallas Wang, President (bio)
Megan Chen, Development Director (bio)
Grace Hung, Executive Director
Ryan Chen, Music Director
Lilian Lin, Treasurer
Kandy Wang, Consultant
Pallas Wang, President (bio)
Megan Chen, Development Director (bio)
Grace Hung, Executive Director
Ryan Chen, Music Director
Lilian Lin, Treasurer
Kandy Wang, Consultant
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