Ziling is fluent in Mandarin and worked previously for K5 Ventures, an OC venture capital management company, where she served as an investor relations liaison with Chinese investors. This was her entrée to the business world. Ziling has also organized events for the Tech Coast Angels and investors’ meetings for Koa Accel LLC. Currently, she serves as Executive Assistant to Francis Duhay, Chief Executive of Koa Accel.

Ziling earned a BA in Psychology and Social Behavior from UC Irvine. She plans to pursue a master’s degree in Social-Organizational Psychology from the Teachers College at Columbia University after her involvement in Kahala Biosciences, where she serves as an Assistant Project Manager, comes to a close.