LAURA TAN 
lauramtan21@gmail.com ​ | (​ 917) 828-6395 
LinkedIn​: ​linkedin.com/in/lauramtan 
Personal Website​:​ lauramtan.weebly.com  
 

Skills and Interests 

social impact research, civic engagement, international relations, finance, sustainability leadership 
 

Education   

 
Spence School​, New York, NY​ (​2008 – 2021) ​ |​​ ​ Unofficial GPA:​3.8 ​ |​​ ​ Rank: N
​ /A ​ |​​ ​ SAT Subject Test Math II: ​790  
College coursework:​LEAD Summer Business Institute–Wharton, LEAD Real Estate Exchange–Cornell SC Johnson 
 
Extracurricular Leadership & Involvement 
 
 

Student Body President (2020), Vice President (2019), Grade 10 Representative (2018), Grade 9 President (2017) 
➢ Managing communication between students, administration, and Board of Trustees by sending weekly Sunday night 
emails and leading weekly assemblies with up-to-date announcements and events 
➢ Spearheading series of new Triple R (Read-React-Respond) Discussions on controversial subjects of race, sexuality, and 
politics to pave the way for a more inclusive and supportive school community 
➢ Programming weekly student council meetings t​ o plan large school-wide events like Homecoming, Spirit Week, 
Community Week, and numerous fundraisers; leads ‘Leader Lunches’ with the Upper School Dean of Students and 
Director of Institutional Equity to increase diversity and inclusion efforts 
 

Student Representative, Spence School Board of Trustees’ Anti-Racism Task Force, June 2020-Present 
➢ Selected out of 780 students by Head of School for 1 of 4 coveted positions of Student Representative 
➢ Conducting thorough screenings of and interviews with​ Lower, Middle, and Upper School deans, admissions office, 
and college counseling, actively working to dismantle institutional racism at Spence’s top-tier administration 
 

Spence School Class of 2021 Alumnae Liaison, May 2020-Present 

➢ Elected as 1 of 10 from the Class of 2021 to work directly with Spence’s Alumnae Director to foster a bridge of 
communication between the school and alumnae; plans, leads, and oversees alumnae events  
 

Ambassador, NYU College Access Leadership Institute, July 2019-Present 

➢ Collaborating directly with NYU admissions officers to brainstorm ways to pave the way for more diversity, 
inclusion, and equity within the college admissions system 
 

Community Service & Volunteer Experience (425+ hrs)   

 
150+​​Teaching middle schoolers free financial literacy lessons on key topics such as saving, spending, credit scores, and taxes  
 
100+​Coaching and mentoring Harlem youth through H ​ arlem Lacrosse and Leadership​; pioneered lax clinics and gear drives   

 
8
​ 5+​Tutored middle school children to read, speak, and write Chinese at ​Interschool Language Immersion Program 

 
30+​Through C ​ hinatown Literacy Project​, teaching elderly immigrants in Chinatown, NYC to read, write, speak English 
20+ A ​ s Student Body Vice President, directed the 11th grade year-long community service project, running toiletry  
 
and food drives and serving hot breakfast meals to Harlem’s homeless 

 
2
​ 0+​Traveled to Xi’an, China to teach middle schoolers at Sunshine Middle School to read, write, and speak English 
2​ 0+​For 4 consecutive years, organized charity Swim-A-Thon fundraiser, swimming total of 1​ 06.72 miles and​ raising ​$6,600+  
for Spence’s L
​ unetta Scholarship Fund​ for deserving student-athletes on scholarship 
 
Awards and Achievements    

➢ All-Access Scholar (​1 of 25)​, U

​ niversity of Michigan Ross School of Business All-Access Program, Oct 2020 
➢ Semifinalist Team, L ​ eading For Life Business Enterprise Competition, July 2020 
➢ Writer of 1st ever high school publication,​Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business’ ​The Glass Floor​, Aug 2020 
➢ 1st Place Team​, Wharton LEAD Business Plan Competition, June 2020