Shannon Lin

Shannon Lin ('16) is majoring in Peace and Conflict Studies and minoring in Public Policy at UC Berkeley. As a UCDC participant, Shannon plans to intern at a policy research and advocacy organization this fall in Washington, D.C.. She is most passionate about studying the structural causes of socioeconomic inequality and poverty both in the US and internationally. Through her experiences with the UCDC and CCDE programs, Shannon hopes to help address systemic inequities that affect intersecting issues of race, gender, education, housing, economics, and ultimately, democracy. In the future, she plans to pursue a Master in Public Policy degree. Shannon has served on the executive boards of the UC Berkeley chapter of Sigma Iota Rho, Honor Society for International Studies, and the Bay Area Urban Debate League student group on campus. Read her story.