Mental Health Wellness Series #12

Navigating the Life at Penn as an Asian American Student ——A story from an alumnus: belonging, connecting, challenges and fulfillment…

Date: Thursday, 10/17/2024

Time: 12:00-1:30 p.m.

Location: Class of 49 Houston Hall

Lunch will be provided!

More information about mental health wellness events, please contact Grace Wu @ gracewu@sas.upenn.edu

Speaker

Alaric Qin

M&T Class of 2015

Electrical Engineering, Marketing Operations

ENG Class of 2016

Masters in Systems Engineering

Alaric worked at McKinsey for 3 years, followed by one year at Airbnb and five years as a Director of Marketing at Confluent. Alaric is deeply passionate about community organizing – started his company’s DEI program and ran the Asian cultural employee group for 3+ years. Also a lead at the Asian Leaders Alliance, a consolidated group of 500+ company Asian resource groups dedicated to building a network of Asian professionals in North America.

“Hi, my name is Alaric! I grew up in the SGV region of Southern California, where I stayed until I went to Penn to study engineering and business. I just moved to NYC to start a new chapter of life, explore a city, and feel something new! I’m motivated by a desire to listen and learn from the people around me, to find joy and provide joy for my friends and family, and my pursuit of personal passions that include rock climbing, making music, DJing, and building community connections.”