# Tina Sheng

> Tina Sheng is the CEO of PalmDrive USA, the North American arm of PalmDrive, an international education and mentorship company. A Stanford-trained educator who grew up in Beijing, she built her career inside Bay Area high schools as an admissions officer, teacher, and college counselor before founding PalmDrive's undergraduate department in 2015. Under her leadership the team has guided hundreds of students into top-20 universities including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, and MIT, and helped grow PalmDrive into a venture-backed company serving thousands of students annually.

- **Role:** CEO at PalmDrive USA
- **Organizations:** PalmDrive USA, Inc., PalmDrive, Inc.
- **From:** Beijing, China
- **Nationality:** Chinese / American
- **Education:** M.A. in Secondary Education, Stanford University, Undergraduate (teacher training), Teaching college in Beijing
- **Known for:** Founded PalmDrive's undergraduate admissions department in 2015., Personally supported hundreds of students who gained admission to top-20 universities including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, and MIT., Helped grow PalmDrive into a venture-backed company that has raised over US$10 million and built a community of more than one million students.

## Career timeline

- **Pre-2014** — Moved from Beijing to the U.S. to pursue teaching; earned M.A. in Secondary Education at Stanford.
- **Pre-2015** — Worked roughly six years across San Francisco Bay Area private and public high schools as admissions officer, teacher, adviser, and college counselor.
- **2015** — Founded the PalmDrive Undergraduate Department.
- **Present** — Serves as CEO of PalmDrive USA, leading the North American college-admissions team.

## Achievements

- Founded PalmDrive's undergraduate admissions department in 2015.
- Personally supported hundreds of students who gained admission to top-20 universities including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, and MIT.
- Helped grow PalmDrive into a venture-backed company that has raised over US$10 million and built a community of more than one million students.
- Built a mentor network spanning thousands of academic mentors, the majority from top-30 world universities.
- Served as a judge for the Entrepreneur's Impact Marathon.

## Links

- Website: https://www.palmdriveusa.org/tina
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tinashengty
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PalmDriveUSA
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@collegeadmissionadvice

---

Profile page: https://yespress.io/tina-sheng
Published by YesPress — https://yespress.io
Last updated: 2026-06-21