Karena Yan

Year: 2023

Hometown: Marlboro, NJ

Major: ORFE

Karena is a senior from Marlboro, NJ who wishes operations research and environmental engineering were still part of the same department. Although she only trained in traditional Chinese dance prior to college, she's had a great time exploring new styles with T8. She also dances (read: does handstands and attempts flips) with Sympoh, Princeton's breakdancing crew, and trips over her feet with the Princeton Ballroom Dance Club. Outside of dance, Karena loves the outdoors, writing, contemplating whether to drink coffee at various hours of the day, and asking for people's Myers-Briggs types.

Fun fact: She willingly woke up at 5 AM and walked to Forbes to watch a figure skating competition live with a friend.