Ai-lin Shao

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Ai-Lin is currently a third year at Barnard College. She is premed and will probably major in Biology or some such studies. From Brooklyn, NY, she enjoys eating rice, then sleeping. Then also "what have you".

Almost Complete Bio

Having spent most of her life in Brooklyn, Ai-Lin Shao is now a junior at Barnard College, where she is majoring in Environmental Biology on the pre-med track. Ai-Lin is the Barnard Vice Chair of AAA, where she hopes to pursue issues such as immigration and the social, economic, and legal implications of the term “Asian American” in its formulation of an Asian American identity.

In addition to AAA, Ai-Lin spends her time in the Columbia community as the Co-Chair of Transfer Alliance. She also works with NSOP (New Students Orientation Program) every semester to develop and improve Columbia’s orientation program. Previously an intern at SUNY Downstate Medical School, Ai-Lin now works at the New York Downtown Hospital. She has also spent time interning at the Department of Environmental Protection, working on Project Gateway with the Chinese Planning Council, and serving as a CITI (Columbia Institute of Tele-Information) intern at Columbia Business School.

Ai-Lin graduated in 2007 from Brooklyn Technical High School, where she was a starter on the varsity golf team, a gold medalist at the 38th Greater Metropolitan New York Math Fair, and a member of the National Honor Society. In her spare time, Ai-Lin enjoys playing MapleStory and watching Fringe, “this awesome Fox sci-fi show.”

Positions

2008-2009: Organizational Committee Member
2009-2010: Barnard Vice Chair