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About Us
Environmental Mindfulness
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Secret of nature is patience. Let the pace of the nature inspires you to find solutions to your questions.
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Ultimate basic needs of human and trees are the same. Sun. Water. Air. Earth.
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Nature preservation is a way to maintain our environment to its original and current state.
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Sound of nature is the base of our emotion and wellbeing.
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Herbarium can be used to preserve plants to be studied and used in the future.
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In a world of constant change, you can find solace in the forest where trees remain trees.
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Nature is not something separate from us. When we lost connection to nature, we lost connection to our inner self.
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Environment effects the way you look at world and shapes you as a person. Take care of your environment and it will take care of you.
Leadership Team
Leaders
Michele Chan, Founder & CEO
A nature lover and an Environmental Science college student, Michele founded Sunshine's predecessor, Choose Hugs on April 2019 as a Non-Profit Organization after successfully completing Young Entrepreneur Academy​ and raised seed money. As an accomplished speaker from age 14, she has had public speaking engagements with adult troop leaders, investors, girl scouts and special needs kids. Serving as a CEO, Michele is responsible for the major restructuring of Sunshine. She has introduced new strategies to reach a wider audience to achieve positive impact in the following areas: nature preservation, love of the environment, and environmental mindfulness.
Michele also co-founded SEA (Student Environmental Advocacy), a non profit organization focusing on educating local community on environmental issues and holding grassroots events to reinforce sustainable efforts in our local communities. SEA also conducted sustainability research and projects to advice local city councils and school district on potential environmental and sustainability initiatives. As a community leader, she has volunteered over 400 hours of community service, received Gold and Bronze Presidential Service Awards and the Californians for All award for volunteering during Covid. She is an accomplished science researcher who participated in 2020, 2021 and 2022 Palos Verdes Peninsula's Science and Engineering Fair, and won awards in Plant Science category at the city, county and State level. She has also received multiple championship awards from USAID, National Geography and Stockholm Water Prize. Michele is a devoted 12 year Girl Scout veteran who has received her bronze, silver and gold awards. Michele A. Chan | LinkedIn
Johannes Eberhart, Chief Operating Officer
Johannes is currently a Freshman at the Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA. He is an ambitious musician who is an orchestra member of his school. He is also a student at the Ed and Marie Edelman Chamber Music Institute at the Colburn School of Music. He has hours of performance with his school's orchestra, Pacific Vision Youth Symphony (PVYS), and independent chamber performances in his community. He also directed and conducted the pit orchestra for the musical Peter & the Star Catcher and Something Rotten. He also played violin for the musical Chicago, Crazy for You and Peter & the Star Catcher.
In addition to performance, he is a dedicated teacher that sees several students of violin, piano, and jazz theory during the week. He is extremely excited to to be working with the Sunshine leadership team in promoting nature preservation, love of the environment and environmental mindfulness.
Daniel Diercks, Chief Financial Officer
Daniel is currently a Freshman at El Camino College. He enjoys playing music, as a trumpeter, inside and outside of school. He is a part of the Pacific Vision Youth Symphony, Peninsula Advanced Jazz Band, Peninsula Marching Band, the RHCC Orchestra, and the band he started called Coast Jazz Band.
Daniel spends his time teaching elementary, middle and high school trumpet students, serving community through the Boy Scouts of America and working as a handyman. Daniel's love for serving the community and wilderness skills he has developed in his years of scouting have made him very interested in nature preservation projects. His fellow scouts and he have worked on and are working on nature projects that involve creating garden areas for local schools. Daniel also has an interest in finance. Over the past few years, he self taught finance through reading numerous financial books and interviewed people in the business of finance, growing his knowledge and interest on the subject. He is delighted to be the Sunshine CFO.
The Boards
Angeline Chan, Co-Chairman
Currently serving as Director of Online Business Strategy and Operations at the Internet Brands, Angeline is a seasoned business leader with experience in building and taking to market revenue-generating multi-platform products. With a wide range of business experience from leading a start-up investment research company to managing a global entertainment company, The Walt Disney Company, she delivers success through a comprehensive understanding of the users, in-depth data analysis, strong multi-team partnerships and entrepreneurial mindset. She is also an experienced leader in building and developing team to deliver positive customer experiences that lead to higher customer acquisition and retention.
Alexander Kobe, Co-Chairman
A senior VOIP engineer at AGC Black Box, Alex is an expert at building and troubleshooting massive state wide telephone networks. With a wide range of clients from large hospitals, entertainment companies and government entities, he possesses both technical proficiency and excellent communication skills. Skills he also apply as a volunteer archery instructor at the Easton Rancho Park archery range in West Los Angeles, where he also serves as a board member.
Alex is also a nature lover and an avid photographer.
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