About Me

Tell us a little about yourself!

What is your full name, and what name do you prefer to go by? How do pronounce it phonetically?

My name is Min Yi Lin, feel free to call me Min.

Which pronouns to do you prefer? (e.g. she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/their)

I prefer he/him/his.

What is your birthday? Are you OK with having your birthday publicly acknowledged/celebrated?

My birthday is Janurary 7th and yea feel free.

Where did you grow up?

I grew up in Fujian, China but immigrated to New York City when I was 7.

Did you have any fun nicknames while growing up? Do you have any now? What is the origin (if you feel comfortable sharing)?

I had a friend who used to call me Minnie until I realized it was a reference to Minnie Mouse.

What holidays do you celebrate (if any)?

I really like Christmas and Lunar New Year.

Academics

What is your academic life like?

What year in school are you?

I am a freshman.

When do you expect to graduate?

I expect to graduate Winter 2023.

What is your major? How did you choose that?

I am majoring in computer science because I love problem solving and helping people through technology.

Do you know what you'd like to do after you graduate?

My dream is to work at Google as a software engineer.

Interests

What do you like to do when you're not in class/working for STS?

What do you like to do for fun?

I like to play video games like League of Legends and Genshin Impact.

Do you have any hobbies or groups that you participate in?

I like working out.

Do you have any other jobs or internships?

I work as a computer science instructor at Juni Learning and assisant researcher at Informatics Skunkworks.

Any exciting plans for summer/winter break?

I plan to watch more movies and eat good food.

Neat Facts

What are some interesting, unexpected, or surprising facts about yourself?

What is something that might surprise someone who just met you?

I used to be really shy.

Where is somewhere you have always wanted to travel?

I've always wanted to visit Japan.

Have you ever met anyone famous?

No.

Life at STS

Talk a little bit about your time with STS

What is your favorite topic to teach?

I like to teach programming languages and web development.

What is something you are interested in learning?

I want to learn more about data analysis tools such as MATLAB.

What has been the most challenging part of working at STS?

It is hard to balance STS with school and other responsibilities.

Miscellaneous

Other potentially interesting bits of information about yourself