Kaitlin Ho
Articles I've been in:
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/education/regeneron-scholars-long-island-pvsqzn9r
https://www.liherald.com/seacliff/stories/north-shore-students-making-news,210873
https://www.longislandpress.com/2025/01/17/two-north-shore-students-named-regeneron-scholars
https://www.longislandpress.com/2024/10/29/north-shores-2025-valedictorian-and-salutatorian/
Experiences and Leadership
Student Body Government - President
MAY 2024 - PRESENT
Advocated for expanded science research facilities and funding. Organized fundraising for community events & sole advocate to Board of Education. Reduced club approval timelines by five months to improve student engagement. Secured the implementation of free menstrual products in school bathrooms to promote equity.
KeKe Studio, Princeton, NJ
JUNE 2022 - JULY 2022, SEPTEMBER 2023
Non-profit volunteer experience in raising money for universal water access. Also, raised money for art supplies and taught children various art techniques.
District-Wide Lunar New Year Event, Glen Head — Head Organizer
January 2024-February 2024
Experience organizing large-scale celebrations (400+ people) through creating various cultural activities such as performances, sampling foods, dumpling making, paper cutting, ect.
ISEF 2024 LA California — ISEF Finalist in Animal Sciences
May 2024
Met people globally and competed in the International Science Engineering Fair. Participated in Animal Sciences category networking session.
Research Experiences
LIU Post — Dr. Brummel Life Sciences (2023 & 2024)
Found long-term cocoa supplementation rescued the Alzheimer’s disease model of Drosophila melanogaster. Continued working in the same lab in 2024 and found long term magnesium supplementation rescued the Parkinson's disease model of Drosophila melanogaster.
Publications
Celebrating Art Eastern
Fall 2022 & Spring 2024
Art published by Blick Art Students. This is a national student art contest for children ages 6 through 12.
Make Noise Today Exhibition Semi-Finalist
May 2024
Launched a private fundraising event for our sponsors, partners, and donors. Held at the Long Beach Billie Jean King Library. Featured artwork exhibited online at MakeNoiseToday.org in semi- finalist digital gallery book (pages 104-105)
Education
North Shore High School, Glenhead, NY — Advanced Regents
SEPTEMBER 2021-JUNE 2025
GPA: 104.45
AP Classes: AP World History (5), AP Chemistry (5), AP United States History (5), AP Biology (5), AP Drawing (4)
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
JULY 2024
2024 Financial Decision Making - Session 2
Clubs/Activites
Poetry Club (President 12th & 11th) Ran Annual Poetry Club celebration at North Shore.
Mock Trial (President 12th, Vice President 11th, Secretary 10th)
Asian Student Alliance (President and founder 12th, 11th) Promote cultural appreciation, awareness & advocacy
Viking View (Editor in Chief 12th, Assistant Editor in Chief 11th, News Editor 10th) School newspaper
Theater: Inherit the Wind- Hornbeck, The Prom- Mrs. Greene, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time ensemble Hello Dolly! Ensemble, Urinetown Ensemble
National, Rho Kappa, and World Language Honors Society (2023-24)
Awards
Regeneron ISEF 3rd Place in Animal Sciences (2024) ISEF Finalist
Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar (2025) Top 300 in the nation
The President’s Volunteer Service Award (2024)
Gold for 373 hours of community service
National Scholastic Silver Medal Art Award (2023)
LISEF Animal Sciences (2024) Grand Prize 1st Winner
STANYS Highest Honors 1st Place (2024)
NYSAFLT Virtual Video Contest 1st Place
Skills
Baking - Acting - Singing
Weight lifting
Languages
Mandarin - English