Xin Yan Zhu Jiang is a biology major with a minor in psychology. She currently works as a Youth Consultant for the Staten Island Partnership of Community Wellness (SIPCW) where she serves as a youth voice in mental health awareness, addiction, and food insecurity. She is also a Research Assistant in Professor Leora Yetnikoff’s lab where her research and honors thesis focused on identifying dopamine synaptic input to OPCs using a modified rabies retrograde strategy.
In her sophomore year, Xin Yan was as a student panelist at the Speak Out Against Anti-Asian Hate talk. This led her to found the Asian American Pacific Islander Club at CSI with the goal to spread awareness and education on the harmful (and false) stereotypes about the AAPI community. She also served as a Macaulay Peer Mentor and a CSI Macaulay Peer Mentor where she provided guidance and mentorship to Macaulay freshmen during her junior and senior years.
Xin Yan is currently working towards her Masters in Public Health as part of the Macaulay SPH 4+1 pipeline program and is expected to graduate in May 2024.
