Joanne Oh was born in China, but grew up in the Philippines. Her father was the Consul General in the Chinese Embassy and the founder of the Manila Symphony Orchestra. Her mother is a soprano singer and professor of music.

Joanne can also speak the Chinese and Philippine languages and has a Masters Degree in Public Health, majoring in bacteriology at the University of the Philippines. Joanne came to the U.S. with two children and had four more in the U.S.

Joanne has lived in Fresno for 28 years and has worked as a realtor since 1983 while still raising six kids. She works hard as a realtor while making sure her family has all of their needs taken care of and was awarded mother of the year by the Philippine community in 2004.

She is very proud of her children. Her first daughter is a pediatrician, another is in pharmaceutical sales and the third is finishing law school. Her first son just received his masters degree at UC Berkeley and the other two are both in medical internship and will be physicians in a year.

Joanne went to China every year to see her dad, who just passed away in 2004. Her father had been awarded many prestigious awards during his lifetime including a noble prize of China. He was the founder of Fuzhou Music University at the age of 93. Joanne went back to China to attend celebration of her father’s bronze statue and the grand opening of his museum. She is very proud of her father.

Joanne takes a cruise with family and friends every year to recharge her battery.

Joanne loves her job. It makes her happy when she knows that her sellers and buyers are happy with her performance. Most of her customers are from referrals from her past clients. She is in the top 5% of Century 21 associates worldwide and works for the number 1 Century 21 franchise in California.