Education
Cynthia graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology in 1998, from this university that owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and located on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
What is: BYU-Hawaii
In response to the growing mental health crisis that was exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, Cynthia created this mental fitness company that helps people boost their mental and emotional well-being, like a gym for your brain!
What is: ThoughtGym.com
Cynthia developed this 1-credit intro course with no prerequisites in order to encourage students in any major or minor to learn more about design-thinking.
What is: Intro to Design Thinking
Cynthia once appeared on this popular game show that features "life lines" available for a contestant to use if a questions proves too difficult.
What is: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Along with 6 University Innovation Fellows, designed, staged and managed the first Rocky Mountain Meetup with invited guests from Stanford University and students from multiple states at this popular Utah County resort founded by Robert Redford.
What is: Sundance Resort
Cynthia's desire help people develop healthy relationships prompted her to pursue a Master's in Marriage and Family therapy in 2005, from a university that was the center of the Varsity Blues Operation directed by Rick Singer.
What is: The University of Southern California
Cynthia created this design-thinking master class in partnership with this large, global home security company headquartered in Lehi, Utah.
What is: The company's name is confidential, but it's logo is orange. :)
Cynthia served as the faculty director for the University Innovation Fellows program as the first university in the state of Utah to partner with this prestigious Silicon Valley university.
What is: Stanford University
Cynthia grandfather had a house at this popular surf-spot located on the North Shore of Oahu that is named after Cynthia's family. However, he lost the house through gambling, which is why Cynthia now lives in Utah.
What is: Chun's Reef
For three consecutive years, Cynthia led a team of 30 student mentors in designing, staging, and managing this conference that was formerly called the Student Leadership and Mentoring Conference.
What is the Utah Valley Leadership Conference.
Cynthia earned a doctorate degree in 2008 in educational psychology from the same university that Aunt Becky (actress Lori Loughlin) bribed her two daughters into.
What is: The University of Southern California
After starting her own business at the height of the pandemic in 2020, Cynthia decided that she knew nothing about how to run a company. So, she took a one year sabbatical and earned a Master's in Business Creation in 2022 at this university in Salt Lake City whose mascot is the Utes.
What is: The University of Utah
Cynthia taught a global leadership course that heavily involved design thinking principles at this Utah institution where the imprisoned star of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Jen Shah's husband, currently works on the football staff.
What is: The University of Utah
This person is one of Cynthia's favorite people at BYU and who also happens to be the chair of this hiring committee.
No joke! Who is: Mat Duerden!
Along with several UIF Fellows, Cynthia created this Innovation event at UVU which matched professors and students who were interested in partnering together to work on multi-disciplinary innovation projects.
What is: The Innovation Incubator