Katherine Chen

Katherine, a San Francisco native, is a 2007 graduate of the University of California at Berkeley where she majored in public health and minored in public policy.  She has researched the role of school gardens in urban middle schools with large minority populations and the impact of particulate matter pollution on elementary school students.  Katherine also interned in Senator Tom Harkin’s office through the Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program.

Field placement: Solid Ground

Seattle, Washington

Policy placement: Association of Nutrition Services Agencies

Washington, D.C.