Hello! I'm Ya Fang, a rising senior at The Academy At Palumbo, interested in majoring in chemical engineering and accounting. I'm passionate about bringing more girls who enjoy STEM into this field, and I hope to help others find resources who are also as low-income and first-generation as me.

• Customer Service - Waiter

  Food & Beverages · Mt Fuji Japanese Restaurant

  Jan 2024 – Present

• Advocacy
• Politics
• Volunteering
• Philanthropy
• Entrepreneurship

• High School Intern

  Penn Engineering · Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other

  2024 – Present

  Research topic:

  Penn Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in the Gao Lab and CPE4H

• High School Intern

  Penn Engineering · Chemical Engineering

  2024 – Present

  Research topic:

  Penn Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in the Gao Lab and CPE4H

• Cellist

  Orchestra · Music

  2016 – Present

• Student Leader

  Volunteering · Friends of FDR Park

  2019 – Present

  Mission:

  Help maintaining the park and creating fun lesson plan for young youth

• Youth Volunteer

  Volunteering · Seamaac

  2020 – Present

  Mission:

  Help with food drive and translation

• Student Leader

  Volunteering · Free Library of Philadelphia

  2021 – Present

  Mission:

  Help tutoring kid

• Student Leader

  Advocacy · Fishadelphia

  2018 – Present

  Mission:

  Fishadelphia is a community-supported fishery that brings fresh, local seafood to economically and culturally diverse communities in Philadelphia. We also run youth programming for high school students who learn about business and seafood.