
Feini Yin
Assistant Director
Fishadelphia
Philadelphia, PA USA
“I’m glad that I gave myself permission to change my mind.”
Fishadelphia
Philadelphia, PA USA
“I’m glad that I gave myself permission to change my mind.”
Assistant Director
I'm a program operations director for a community seafood program based in Philadelphia.
I wear lots of hats and every day looks different! Twice a week I help run our after-school club at two Philadelphia high schools. On our fish distribution days, I help portion and pack hundreds of pounds of freshly caught seafood into coolers that go out to neighborhoods around Philly. The rest of the time I'm doing computer work, which includes administrative tasks, meetings, grant reports, sending our newsletter, or building up our eCommerce and customer relationship management systems.
Here's the first step for high school students
My path was very meandering and I'm not working directly in either of the things I formally studied, though I use skills from both. I think someone could have taken a very different path and ended up in the same place as me. Fishadelphia has two other co-assistant directors and neither finished college. If you're not convinced that college is for you, I encourage you to keep an open mind, ask around, and be intentional about your decision. If you decide you want to give it a go, that's great!