Xin Jie "Tina" Zeng

Tina Zeng is passionate about public interest technology and democratic innovation. Her commitment began with community organizing and has grown through serving on her community board, supporting participatory budgeting in NYC, and interning with the NYC Civic Engagement Commission. She worked on the Connecticut Citizens’ Assembly, one of the first statewide, state-endorsed deliberative-democracy initiatives in the U.S., and has developed civic-tech projects, including a national directory of citizens’ assemblies and the NYC Community Board Dashboard.

Hometown : Brooklyn, NY

Institution : Yale University

Major : Global Affairs, Minor in Computing, Culture & Society