Scholar Profile

Karen Garcia

Biography

Karen Garcia, a graduate of The Archer School for Girls, is a rising sophomore at Columbia University studying Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Mechanical Engineering. She is a National Security Language Initiative for Youth Scholarship Finalist and Chinese Language Association of Secondary Schools National Essay Contest Silver Award winner. In high school, she was a member of the Honor Education Council, Executive Board Member for Hermanas Unidas, and Administrative Lead of the InvenTeam, overseeing a $10,000 school grant from Lemelson-MIT to promote invention. At Columbia, she is Vice President of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, volunteers at Columbia’s food pantry and food kitchen at Community Impact, and is an undergraduate research assistant at the Reya Lab at Columbia's Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center.

High school:  The Archer School for Girls

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