Y Chia, MSEM, MSE earned 3 combined JHU degrees in Civil & Systems Engineering, Engineering Management in Environmental/Health Engineering|Environmental Systems Analysis, Economics & Public Policy. He cofounded JHU Asian Pacific Islander Desi American alum-student affinity, served several Inter-Asian Council groups, East Asian Studies' Student Advisory Committee, Multicultural Leadership Council, Grad Rep Organization Advocacy Chair, MSEM Rep with vast community service, winning Alum caRING for WSE, Governor's Service Award-Emerging Leader, Presidential Service Gold Award and much more. He connected students, faculty, staff and community as Baltimore Collegetown Network grad assistant, Baltimore County Board of Education Advisory Council Vice Chair, starting a decade ago as Student Member and the only student also serving the Superintendent's Student Advisory Council.
Fluent in Chinese dialects including Mandarin, Cantonese, some Taiwanese and Romance languages, he studied abroad in advanced Chinese-English film and other translations, doing STEM internships and research as well. He aims to extend his multilingual, interdisciplinary STEAM and econ background to policy/law.
