Franchisee Spotlight: Juanita Leung

A native of Hong Kong, Leung moved to San Francisco in 1983 and received a degree in marketing and sales management from San Francisco State University. Leung did advertising sales for several years before making a career change into commercial real estate marketing. In 2000 she decided to become a real estate agent and was later recruited into an account management position for Fidelity National Title for 7 years. In 2010 she went back into real estate sales for Prudential. In 2012 she was named one of Prudential’s top 7 producers.

How did you learn about the brand?
I was searching for education franchises on Google and looked into a number of concepts. After I saw Engineering For Kids^® I was immediately intrigued. I liked that they were a younger company and I saw a lot of opportunity for growth.

Why did you choose an opportunity with Engineering For Kids^®?
I have two children the ages of 3 and 5 and my in-laws are retired teachers so that was a big part of why I wanted an education business. We felt that with children falling behind in math and science in the U.S. this would be a good opportunity to try and change that! We also saw this as viable and lucrative business.

Are you involved with any charities or do any community outreach with your business?
I have been part of a few non-profit real estate organizations for the past nine years holding a number of different positions promoting minority ownership. I am also looking at the public libraries to offer free engineering programs in the community.

What are your expansion or development plans? What is your end goal with Engineering For Kids^®?
We have a site for a center and we’re looking to get that up and running. We’d like to open a number of centers in the next couple years and our vision is to be able to bring Engineering For Kids^® overseas if the opportunity arises.

Do you have any other interesting hobbies or passions?
I like to sing and I’ve been taking voice lessons for the past five years. I like to sing opera and I love to play the piano.