Audrey Kuan - Cultural Chair
Audrey is a freshman hailing from Taipei, Taiwan. She is currently undecided, but is involved in a number of activities. While not in class, you can find Audrey playing basketball or one of the seven instruments she knows how to play! Other times, you can find Audrey cooking or trying new foods (she doesn't like boba though :(, but you can catch her with a matcha latte). Audrey is currently involved with Wharton Asia Exchange, Wharton Undergraduate Consulting Club, and the West Philadelphia Tutoring Project.
Iain Chen-Li - External/Financial Chair
Hello world, meet Iain! Iain is a freshman in the College from Taipei, Taiwan. He is undecided right now, but his big brain is interested in so many things from being a doctor to compsci to urban studies to really anything but physics. Iain loves to eat and drink boba (basically a requirement to be on board tbh) (rip U.S. boba prices), go cafe hopping, swim, and watch Netflix (but somehow he still hasn't seen squid game). Iain also does super cool things as a part of TedX and Penn Climate Ventures, but is still the chillest guy out there with everything that he's doing.
Lorraine Ruppert - Internal Chair
Say hello to Lorraine, our cutest internal chair of PTS! From Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Lorraine is a freshman currently studying urban studies. In her free time, she loves to thrift, crochet, read, or explore anything that is related to art. Some of her favorite drinks include chai lattes and the delicious mango smoothie with cheese foam from Macu! Her spirit animal is a narwhal (so cute) and her favorite place in Taiwan is the rice paddies of Taitung City. Just like the emojis 😚✨🌿, Lorraine’s personality is super down to earth, chill, and sweet. At Penn, you can find her in SSAP, Rainworks, the ICA student board, and other environmental groups.
Rebecca Peng - Social Chair
Rebecca Peng is currently a freshman from Pittsburgh in SEAS studying Computer Science and coding her way to the future Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Whenever you meet her, she’ll put on a radiating smile and bring energy to our board and her surroundings. Besides how friendly she is, she (surprisingly) has a hatred towards chocolates :(( From kpop to boba to tennis, Rebecca is willing to share her variety of passions and will always love to chat with new people. Next time when you see her on campus, make sure to say hi!
Rene Chen - Cultural Chair
Meet Rene Chen, one of the new PTS Cultural Chairs!! ٩(◕‿◕。)۶ This 辣台妹 is from Taipei, Taiwan and plans to study Communications. You can always find her being super stylish in her Versace Jeans Couture and other thrifted fits. In her free time, she likes to shop at Triple Peacock and Zara, drink vanilla lattes, and explore restaurants. Like her spirit animal the panda, Rene is super chill, and her personality could best be described as 🥺🥲😍😚. She is also involved with the Wharton Undergraduate Media and Entertainment Club, the WALK Magazine, and Penn Appetite.
Elliot Tsai - Social Chair
Meet Elliot, our newest ABACT (American born American Canadian and Taiwanese) social chair! After spending a gap year in Taiwan, Elliot is now back and thriving at Penn! Elliot will literally walk from 1920 commons to Lauder for a piece of red velvet cake. You can also spot him holding Boba (his favorite order is milk tea with no sugar) in the newest PTS boba social video! If you are interested in hiking, football, track, (or partying), Elliot will definitely be the best candidate to spend your time with. Even though Elliot looks really sporty, he is also good at guitar, cello, bass, and jazz. Definitely say hi if you meet Elliot on campus!
Fiona Wu - Marketing Chair
Fiona Wu is a freshman in Engineering studying Computer Science from Springfield, Missouri. She enjoys swimming, drawing and design, biking, sleeping, eating, k-drama, and more! She’s also the Undergraduate Assembly Representative and Engineering Class Chair (so cool). Besides PTS, she’s involved in UnEarthed and PennAppetit! In her free time, she plays dinosaur games in the Van Pelt GSRS. Her favorite foods include noodles, sweets, and spicy food! Fun Fact: she rarely gets the same thing at boba places. Her favorite places in Taiwan are the night markets! Every monday and wednesday she dies in CIS office hours.
Franklin Cheng - Cultural Chair
Franklin Cheng is a freshman undecided in the College from LA, California. In his free time, he loves to game (League and Valorant), binge animes and kdramas, sleep, and wander around campus finding cute cats ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ. Fun fact: he's in all the East Asian cultural clubs (PTS, CSA, KSCA, HKSA, JSA, you name it)!! Franklin loves all Asian food and his go to boba tea order is a fruit tea. His signature white hair (not pictured) and cool style make him super distinguishable on campus. Don't be intimidated though, Franklin's super nice, come say hi!