Eileen Zheng ’23
Eileen Zheng '23
TechTimes Fall 2023
- MAJOR: Pharmacy
- COLLEGE: Princeton University
“I’m the one to take care of my nine-year-old brother after school; my parents work late.
I get home from Tech around 5:00 after Science Olympiad. First I do my homework and studying, then I help him with his.
After dinner I usually clear the dishes. Sometimes I help my parents pay the family bills. My days are kind of packed. Maybe at night I’ll get an hour to watch Chinese dramas.
Being first generation and having to take on many family responsibilities motivated me to push myself early on and embrace difficulties.
At Tech, the library is my most visited and favorite place. Surrounded not by silence but by collective motivation and knowledge, I am always more motivated there.”
Eileen Zheng was one of the top 300 scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search, the first Technite since 2017 to earn that distinction. She published a paper with a peer in the Journal of Emerging Investigator, has researched how RNA mutations might affect cancer patient survival, and was the only high school student selected to present at an international conference on cellular biology.
Her career goal is to become a physician treating the underserved: “I understand the struggles of not being able to afford something in health care.”
Being first generation and having to take on many family responsibilities motivated me to push myself early on and embrace difficulties.
SHARE:
Stay Informed Get the latest Brooklyn Tech alumni news and updates in your inbox.
More TechTimes Stories
- All TechTimes Stories
- TechTimes Fall 2022
- TechTimes Fall 2023
All in the Family: The Five Fongs
Sai So and David Mook Lynn Fong, émigrés from postwar China via Hong Kong, valued education above all. Settling in America, they sent five children to Brooklyn Tech.
moreAn Allotrope – Maja Siemieniewska ‘23
Maja Siemieniewska ’23 is a freshman at California Institute of Technology planning to major in chemical engineering, with the goal of becoming “either a big-time engineer in Silicon Valley or the next Marie Curie.”
moreLee Zlotoff ’70 – MacGyvering It
Lee Zlotoff ’70 invented an iconic character. It started at Tech.
more