Urban Upbound
Shixing Jia is a professional with extensive experience in accounting and client service. Currently serving as a Certified VITA Volunteer at Urban Upbound since January 2015, Shixing Jia has earned the Advanced Certificate and Health Saving Account Certificate from the IRS, preparing over 25 tax returns while effectively communicating with clients to optimize their refunds. Previous experience includes an auditing internship at EY, where Shixing Jia participated in the annual audit of GOME Electrical Appliances, compiled financial data, and prepared documentation for working papers. Additionally, Shixing Jia worked as an assistant at MUJI, providing customer service and maintaining product displays. Educational credentials include a Master of Science in Professional Accounting from Fordham Gabelli School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Renmin University of China.
Urban Upbound
Urban Upbound’s mission is to provide public housing residents with a comprehensive group of accessible, vital, and impactful services to tackle poverty and change lives. We work with the more than 30,000 individuals living in four Western Queens public housing neighborhoods – Queensbridge (the largest public housing community in the nation), Astoria, Woodside, and Ravenswood. Urban Upbound serves clients through four comprehensive programs: 1.) Workforce Development: providing soft skills job readiness training and one-on-one career counseling, as well as job placement and retention assistance for the unemployed and underemployed. 2.) Financial Fitness Program: providing a suite of financial empowerment services including one-on-one crisis and short-term counseling, one-on-one long-term asset building counseling, community-based financial educational workshops, free tax preparation and comprehensive public benefits screening and enrollment. 3.) Youth Development/College Access: Urban Upbound’s youth services include in-depth SAT, college preparation, and college retention services. 4.) Community Revitalization: Urban Upbound ensures public housing neighborhoods have access to community assets such as mainstream financial services through the Urban Upbound Federal Credit Union, opened in 2010, the Urban Upbound FCU is the first low-income designated credit union in Queens ever.