Heejae Lim

About Heejae

• I was born in South Korea, but later immigrated with my family to the U.K.
• Attended the University of Oxford where I received my bachelor’s degree in philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE).
• I then attended the London School of Economics and Political Science where I received my master’s degree in international development with the goal of helping people in the developing world.
• After graduating, I decided to travel the world for eight months—spent time learning Japanese in Japan and learning Spanish in Columbia.
• Upon returning to the U.K., I decided that my passion was not in international development and instead accepted a position as a business analyst at a consulting firm.
• As a consultant, I worked with governments in the Middle East on education reform and later worked as chief of staff to a special advisor to the Secretary of Education in the UK.
• Attended Stanford University where I received my MBA—one of my class projects was figuring out ways to get parents more engaged in their children’s educations.
• That project eventually turned into my company, Talking Points, which I launched in 2015—it’s a multilingual platform that’s targeted towards underserved, diverse immigrant communities.