innovation & impact

About Me
Emily Chen is a Newton North High School senior passionate about applying technology and analytics for social good. She has been developing this interest through applied work in healthcare, fashion and sports analytics. She has participated in competitions, internships, conducted research, and started her own initiatives to spark progress in these fields.
Emily is also committed to social issues such as gender equity and sustainability. She founded Girls in AI, her school's first club dedicated to AI, to empower girls through school-wide initiatives like a volunteer matching platform and AI policy committee, as well as outside opportunities like attending professional conferences and hosting AI workshops.
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Looking forward, Emily aims to study and work at the intersection of technology and community impact.
Research, Projects,
Community, Comeptitions
Publications, Awards
News Features
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![]() Emily presenting to IBM's Digital Health team at Yorktown Heights on her summer internship work (2025) | ![]() Emily with former NECINA President John Zhuang, receiving the NECINA Distinguished Creative Award (2024) | ![]() Emily with former Massachusetts Secretary of Housing and Economic Development, Yvonne Hao, at the AI-Powered Women Conference at MIT (2025) |
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![]() Emily presenting at a Girls in AI exploration workshop for youth (2025) | ![]() Emily presenting at a Girls in AI exploration workshop (2025) | ![]() Emily competing on the Newton North Varsity Girls Golf Team (2025) |
![]() Emily teaching Python & AI to young learners (2023) | ![]() Emily talking about Girls in AI at community outreach events (2025) |







