hi! my name is arielle, sometimes ari. feel free to click on hyperlinks to learn more about specific parts of my whirlwind of a life
life chronology
2001-2010
- i was born and raised in hong kong which is the coolest city in the world
2010-2018
- moved to calgary, alberta, canada (why?) and lived in my dad's childhood home
- went to all of the same public schools as him. they were super ratchet ngl but at least i can
cadillac ranch
- i did do some really meaningful things in my teenage years, like:
- writing the
canadian childrens charter of rights and freedoms,
- creating and selling 100s of copies of a
card game i made, and
- playing league of legends in college tournaments (maybe best not to pry)
2019-2020
- got a full ride escape to mcgill and was part of a
specialized finance program for a while
- did not love what i was studying, so i moved to vancouver during the pandemic to be with my cofounder,
sang, who i met online
2021-2023
- started
peko in vancouver with sang after many pivots together
- was also working full-time at
shopify's "lowkey" vc arm
- la la la!
- left shopify after ~2 years and was planning to work on peko full-time post grad but then
- peko was
acquired. what a wild ride!
- sooo, i spent a quarter unpurposely nomadic in south east asia. truly some of the worst and best of times. mostly worst but hey i have lots of fun stories to tell!
- i somehow graduated from mcgill without ever going to class/being in montreal for 3 years straight. swag
fall 2023
- i was (ironically) in montreal, canada... living, laughing, and loving
- i followed a reflective curriculum that i wrote and made for myself. you can read more about it
here
2023-2025
- i lived in boston, working on
something (not-so) new in climate
- pulled off some awesome things with awesome friends, like getting the
mbta to install googly eyes on the T, hosting an
underground beyblade league in sf, and casting an
mit integration bee...
2025-present
- i am back in calgary for a year, building arguably the most important thing of my life so far ;P
- i will likely be back in boston in fall 2026. and then back to canada in 2028 or so. let me know if you're around these places!
