Hi, everyone! My name is Emily Yeung. I was born in Manhattan but have grown up in Elmhurst, Queens ever since I was one. My community is made up of mostly Asians and Hispanics. Over the past few years, I have actually witnessed some changes in commercializing my neighborhood with the openings of Subway, Carvel, and Starbucks side by side next to the train station. They have bumped out the previously family-owned stores.

Macaulay’s program was influential in bringing me to Baruch. The opportunities that they had, especially with study abroad, interested me. Initially, I thought about majoring in Economics because I found AP Economics intriguing in high school. However, my love for science has triumphed over my interest in business. Even as a little girl, I would question my parents about the existence of life. They would buy me books such as “The Big Book of Everything,” that provided brief answers to questions like: I pushed my finger into a soap bubble and it didn’t pop. Why not? As I continued taking different science classes, I decided that biology was the area I wanted to specialize in. Currently, I plan to major in Biological Sciences and minor in anthropology and economics.

Throughout my life, I plan to engage in different research concerning biology and chemistry. I enjoy performing labs and experiments in hopes of creating something beneficial. I would also like to open or work in a daycare in the future. I love working with children because of their inquisitive minds and bubbly laughter. Because they have not faced many of the difficulties and responsibilities in the world, they are more carefree, which I find stress relieving.

In the duration of this course I hope to learn more about the relationships between people and how that came to be. I also want to clear the difference between anthropology and sociology. I took anthropology last semester and it truly opened my eye to view the world differently, especially when it comes to the idea of “race”. Because I have some knowledge in how race came to be, I would like to see how that affected community building.