Administration

Betsy Lee
Chief Executive Officer

Betsy Lee has been involved in Education and Education Exchange programs since 2008. She joined Castleton company, the parent company of MyOnlineAcademy.com and Global Campus in 2015.
Starting from 2007, Betsy helped set up and operate the Oversea Executive Management Business Administration (EMBA) Programs for Nanyang Technical University in Singapore, and Jilin University, Changchun Finance University, and Hefei University of Technology in China. Throughout her career, Betsy explored and integrated educational resources from U.S. and China into one academic structure, monitoring and evaluating every step of the education program, and making sure the overall goal of the program was achieved. She also worked with the Chinese universities, and ensured the stability of the enrollment, and the government support. Betsy and her team arranged accommodations, transportation, and extracurricular activities to make sure students could live and study in the U.S. with a peace of mind. Betsy recognizes that each student learns differently and successful education requires more personalization and customized engagements.

Betsy has an MBA degree in Project Management and a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering. She loves reading, Yoga and enjoying family in her spare time.

Karina Cervantez
Chief Education Officer

Karina Cervantez is an educator and researcher with broad experience in education, working with community-based organizations, and service in local government.

Karina believes in strengthening the educational pipeline by investing in education so that every child has the opportunity to succeed. She has worked with, and served as a mentor, to previously incarcerated youth focusing on job placement and alternative education programs as a pathway for youth transitioning from the juvenile justice system. She helped to establish Girlzpace, an after-school program in leadership development for young women and was part of the development team of Digital NEST, a high-tech training and collaboration space for young people. And as an educator, she has taught courses in psychology, feminist studies, and Latino Studies.

Currently, Karina is a PhD candidate in the program of social psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research interests include access to higher education, leadership, and collective action in communities of color. She received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science degrees in Psychology, also from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Outside of work, she enjoys reading, writing, and mastering kickboxing.

Sug Kitahara
Chief Operating Officer

Sug Kitahara brings a wealth of experience to the operations side. He has served as the executive director of the Artesia Chamber of Commerce, the president of his local Rotary Club, and the president of the local Toastmasters club. He has also served as chair for the Rotary Youth Exchange Program in high schools throughout Orange County for the past 6 years. He graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor's Degree in Economics. Sug believes that online learning is here to stay. He believes that we are only at the beginning stages of a monumental shift from the traditional school model.

In his free time, you can find Sug skating at a nearby rink in a hockey game, or hiking/snowboarding in the mountains.