Bio

Yen found her purpose and created Deep Roox while obtaining her masters in spirituality, mind, body clinical psychology at Columbia University.

Prior to this program, Yen was your typical high achiever and was blessed with wonderful career opportunities. She graduated Texas A&M University magna cum laude with a BBA in finance in 2002. Yen started her career in corporate America with an internship at JPMorgan’s mergers and acquisitions group. She later joined KPMG’s forensic technology advisory practice when the practice was new and upcoming. During her time at KPMG, Yen took a civil leave of absence to join the Peace Corps and served in Crimea, Ukraine as a community economic development volunteer. After leaving corporate in 2010, she started a coatings distribution business with her brother and dad in the collision repair industry and led the company to be the multi-million dollar enterprise it is today.

Yen was always chasing the end game and the focus on the journey was always about the next step.

It was not until Yen had a series of rock bottom moments coupled with the global pandemic did it wake her up to desire something beyond achievements. Embracing her soul was essential to her awakening. In finding her soul, she found her authentic self.

For so long, she has minimized her diversity dimensions to fit in with her male colleagues. She never wanted to be known as one of the few women in these professional circles, and she most certainly did not want to be seen as an Asian woman. Only when she embraced her diversity dimensions and uniqueness, could she find her authentic self. This authenticity allowed Yen to tap into her creativity and inner wisdom guiding her to create Deep Roox.

Today, Yen is proud of all her diversity dimensions and know these dimensions shaped her life experiences which formed her character strengths. Her passion lies in wanting others to finally be seen the way she is now seen – proud and unapologetic.

Yen now identifies with being a whole achiever (versus the high achiever). And to be clear, being whole does not mean one achieves wholeness. A whole achiever is someone who genuinely embraces their wholeness.