2023 Hamilton Scholar Sabrina Zheng (she/her) believes life is too short not to explore, leading her to discover and connect her passions in sociology, history, advocacy, and computer science.

Since her sophomore year, Sabrina has dedicated significant effort into Dear Asian Youth, a youth-led, global organization dedicated to uplifting and promoting the Asian community through intersectional activism. Through this organization, Sabrina serves on the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force, helping to identify and educate on diversity, equity, and inclusion aspects of Dear Asian Youth’s content. Sabrina’s contributions include editing social media posts, podcast episodes, and Asia regional guides. She also reviews internal team proposals and scholarship recipients. As Vice President of her school’s Dear Asian Youth chapter and Central Regional Lead, Sabrina directly supervises nearly 15 Dear Asian Youth chapters across the central region of America.

Beyond Dear Asian Youth, Sabrina has also been involved in Engage for Change, an in-school volunteer club with the mission to provide volunteer opportunities to students limited by transportation. She has served as a member, Director of Operations, and is currently the club’s President.

Her curiosity in computer science, inspired by a close friend, led her to take an additional class about Quantum Computing and help lead Delaware’s first Computer Science Honors Society as Secretary. Sabrina is helping develop a mentorship program to teach local middle school students computer science and programming skills. Inspired by her first-generation and low-income background, Sabrina hopes to share her college admissions process knowledge as a co-founder and President of the Preparing for College Admissions Club, to educate students at her rural high school about the college admissions process.

Although she is not certain of the career she wants to pursue, she wants to continue exploring throughout her life. She is extremely grateful to her friends, mentors, family, and Alexander Hamilton Scholars for believing and supporting her aspirations.