Maishing Xiong Fresno CDFI Business Plan Development Officer

First Job: Taco Bell

Birthplace: St. Paul, Minnesota

Years at EOC: 4 Years

Best advice ever received: “Be yourself.” Works every time.

Favorite advice I give: “Each day’s a gift not a given right; Leave no stone unturned, leave your fears behind...” - Nickelback

Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: sushi

Proudest moment: The birth of my children, Jaxson & Ezabella Thao

Greatest personal accomplishment: has yet to come…

Best vacation I’ve taken: VEGAS… every time!

Last good movie I saw : Inception

 
Scariest experience: lapse of consciousness while driving and 7 months pregnant… YIKES!

If I had a million dollars I would … end world hunger; and mine.

 
Favorite place to shop: Macy’s

Favorite childhood memory: playing Chinese jump rope and how high I used to be able to jump!

Words that describe me best: Optimistic; Achiever; and saying “I’m a Gemini” usually tells people who I am.

I like to watch: comedy because laughing makes us all younger.

In my spare time … I like to be with my family or SLEEP

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is … ”Never give up; Never surrender.” –Jason Nesmith, Galaxy Quest