Scholarship Recipients
We are tremendously excited and humbled to support our cohorts of scholarship recipients. Each one of them shows incredible potential and promise as a future AAPI leader.
Jinyu Xu
Cornell University ‘28Jinyu will be attending Cornell University in the fall, where she plans to study Global & Public Health Sciences on the pre-med track. She is from Brooklyn, New York, and is passionate about issues impacting the AAPI community in NYC -- from gentrification to addressing xenophobia. She hopes to expand her reach in Asian American activism through clubs and student-led organizations on campus.
Ishrat Islam
Barnard College ‘28Ishrat will be attending Barnard College, where she plans to major in Biology with a minor in Psychology. She aims to bridge the gap between modern and traditional medicine in underdeveloped countries. Committed to advocacy, she seeks to empower Muslim and South Asian women in her community and beyond. Ishrat aspires to create inclusive environments where everyone feels valued, regardless of race, class, or gender.
Rich Wu
USC ‘28Rich Wu is a incoming freshman at the University of Southern California as an engineering major. Although Rich’s academic interests align in the maths and sciences, Rich continues to have a strong connection with his Asian-American roots. Growing up in San Francisco’s Chinatown, Rich’s affinity for his neighborhood led him to become a community activist and volunteer, advocating for the rights of immigrant workers and AAPI voices during the COVID pandemic. Rich’s commitment to bettering the AAPI community led him to represent as the youth representative for a local community organization, speaking at state conferences and youth panels on behalf of AAPI youth.
Sarah Wang
Washington University in St. Louis ‘28Sarah Wang, who is poised to begin her first year at Washington University in St. Louis, advocates for youth mental health initiatives as the president at her high school's Students Against Destructive Decisions chapter and is active in local politics within her East Side St. Paul neighborhood to increase civic engagement and voting participation. Upon completing her education, she is determined to create summer program opportunities tailored to underserved AAPI high school students in Minnesota to foster their academic and professional growth.
Sabrina Zheng
Yale University ‘28Sabrina will be attending Yale University and intends to double major in computer science and sociology. At Dear Asian Youth (DAY), she helps implement organization policies and published content to be inclusive of underrepresented and intersectional Asian identities, while supporting DAY chapters in the midwest. On her journey as a social justice advocate, Sabrina hopes to use data to highlight the impacts of social issues and inequities.
