Chu was an assistant coach for University of Minnesota Duluth and helped the Bulldogs women\'s ice hockey team win their fourth NCAA Division I national championship in 2008 and served as coach at Union College in 2010–2013.\n', '

Julie Wu Chu was born in New York City in 1982. Her father Wah was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Wah and his mother moved to Hong Kong when he was one year old. In 1967, when Wah was 16, they emigrated to New York City. Shortly after arriving, he met his future wife, Miriam, at a youth group meeting at a neighborhood church. Miriam\'s father is Chinese and her mother is Puerto Rican. Chu has a sister, Christina, and a brother, Richard.\n', '

Chu grew up with her family in Fairfield, Connecticut. As a child, Chu participated in soccer and figure skating before transitioning into youth hockey. She attended Choate Rosemary Hall but graduated from Northwood School (Lake Placid, New York) in 2001. She deferred her acceptance into Harvard University until after the 2002 Winter Olympics. She graduated in 2007 with a concentration in psychology.\n', '

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