Natalie Pang

My name is Natalie Pang and I was born and raised in San Francisco as a fourth generation Chinese American. I am proud that my dad's big family originally is from the deep south in Mississippi and Tennessee. So, I truly enjoy traveling there to visit and reconnect with my family and to escape busy the city life in California. Having southern influence has made me come to love country music, southern cooking, football, and 4-wheeling. Even though my family is very Americanize, we still treasure our Chinese roots always celebrating the many Chinese festivities and traditions. In passing on the Chinese culinary traditions, our family purposely creates southern dishes with a Chinese flare such as fried cat fish with Chinese black bean sauce and turkey stuffed with Chinese sweet (sticky) rice. I am fortunate to have the best of two worlds, experiencing the ways of the old Chinese tradition mixed with American southern Dixie flare, making my life a very unique and rich one

I have a very broad spectrum in interest and hobbies, the biggest are playing and watching several of sports such as baseball, softball, golf, tennis and snowboarding. I am equally enthusiastic in music attending rock concerts such as Warped Tour and taking photos of my favorite bands. Furthermore, one of my other hobbies is reading fashion blogs keeping me informed of the different styles of my favorite fashion icons: Princess Kate Middleton and Lauren Conrad. I have been a huge San Francisco Giants since the age of ten, 49ers fan since high school and San Jose Sharks fan since I started attending to San Jose State. So, as expected, I was very sad with 49ers' lost to the NY Giants last week.

I have been raised as a Christian, attending a Lutheran school from Kindergarten through eighth grade and graduating from a Catholic High School. Attending and take part in two Christian schools provided opportunities for me to venture out and help my community. For instance, during Thanksgiving and Christmas break, with the church and boy and girl scouts, my brother and I volunteered in soup kitchens serving the needy and the homeless. Also, my high school required all of their students to do 100 community service hours in order to graduate. And since as a child growing up in a household with both parents in the health profession, I instinctively wanted to volunteer at a hospital. I was at California Pacific Medical Center, California Campus in San Francisco for three consecutive sum