Bio

Shu Yi Zhou is the Cross-Disciplinary Program Manager for the Yale Young Global Scholars Program. Her love for STEM and the social sciences are rooted in her research in the Department of Dermatology at Columbia University. Her project focused on understanding why certain societies and cultures promoted the practice of skin bleaching, the history of skin color and societal status, and investigating the molecular and physiological effects of hydroquinone.Shu Yi graduated from the University at Albany with a B.S. in Human Biology. Prior to Yale, Shu Yi worked at Minds Matter, a national college access non-profit program supporting high-achieving low-income students. There, she spearheaded a nation-wide summer programs initiative and sent over 350 students to pre-collegiate summer programs across the globe annually. In her spare time she’s a Planning Committee Member at the National Partnership for Education Access (NPEA), have served as Alumni Coach at Minds Matter NYC, and is a StartingBloc fellow. She’s passionate about diversity, inclusion, educational access, and college success for marginalized students