Student of the Month - Laura Yu
Laura is a senior majoring in Public Policy, with a concentration in Growth and Development Patterns, and a minor in Modern Languages. Spending two quarters abroad, at Stanford in Beijing and Stanford in Washington, both sparked and helped develop her passion for international development and Asian affairs. She has since pursued that interest by interning for the ONE Campaign--a nonprofit dedicated to fighting extreme poverty--the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and the Office for Chinese and Mongolian Affairs at the State Department, where she worked on the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. On campus, Laura has been actively involved with student government, conducted international education research at the Freeman Spogli Institute, and served as a Stanford Nonprofits Board Fellow and Haas Public Service Leadership Fellow. She is currently the President of the Forum for American-Chinese Exchange at Stanford (FACES). Upon finishing her graduate degree in Public Policy next year, Laura hopes to find her way back to China, at least in the short term. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, puttering around the kitchen, and chatting with underclassmen as a Public Policy peer advisor.