Our Mentors.

The mentors are the backbone of PEER. Mentees will be paired up with one of our incredible mentors to help them navigate freshman year at Penn. Take a look at some of the things they are involved in on campus!

Meet the PEER Mentors 2025-26

All mentors are upperclassmen who are established leaders on campus. These experienced individuals have tremendous knowledge regarding the different types of resources on campus.

Amanda He
Sigma Psi Zeta; Oracle Senior Society; Weingarten Tutor
Nursing - Nursing, minors in Nutrition & Anthropology, 2026 | Little Rock, AR

lover of doing things for the bit, hot girl walks, cafe hopping, baking, anything :D !

Annie Wu
PPDI Lab, Research at CHOP, RMHC Volunteer, Penn Lions
College - Psychology, 2026 | San Francisco, CA

Carries in Valorant. Join my guild on TopHeroes. Blitz Chess god. lovee singing + making ultra specific playlists on spotify. let's have lovely yap sessions!

Arthi Venkatakrishnan
Wharton Women, FNCE 2030 TA
Wharton - Finance & ESG & Physics, 2026 | Princeton, NJ

winnie the pooh enthusiast by day, circus camp alum by night. otherwise i’m binge reading, mountain biking, or laughing at my own jokes somewhere.

Ashmit Dewan
Signal Society, PCT
SEAS - Mechanical Engineering, 2027 | West Windsor, NJ

I love coffee and love eating (tacos, cookie monster ice cream from commons). Always down to go to happy hours with you! Also, I’m an extreme procrastinator

Catherine Chow
Signal Society, CIS TA, Hack4Impact, Ulises (part-time intern)
SEAS - Computer Science / Design, 2026 | Taipei, Taiwan

cannot live without a creative passion, have weird obsessions with shapes, colors and post-modern furniture, big walking person

Cynthia Dong
Penn Symphony Orchestra, Science Olympiad at Penn, KDSAP, CHOP Volunteer, research in Dermatology at Penn Medicine and Nephrology at CHOP
SEAS - Bioengineering, minor in Chemistry, 2026 | St. Paul, Minnesota

extrovert in denial, will try and diy my way out of anything, love food, cute drinks, crafting, and cooking

Deepika Kannan
Penn Thillana, Wharton Climate Center, Penn Abroad, Cinema Studies TA
College - Urban Studies and Computer Science, 2026 | Orlando, FL

Love to travel (sorry I'm trying to stop talking about my semester abroad), spend time outside (running, picnic-ing, biking to destinations), and make digital collages (I'm secretly an iPad kid)

Emaan Jan
HUP volunteer, research, Penn Pakistan
College - Biology, minors in Chemistry and South Asia Studies, 2026 | Boonton, NJ

I love reading, studying at cafes, and trying new foods!! i also love cats, tv shows (tvd + atla>>), sweet treats, and music. challenge me in ping pong >:)



Endy Hyunh
Class Board '27, Harm Reduction volunteer, Student Doula, Take on College (non-profit), Research (clinical), RA (Reipe)
Nursing - Nursing, minor in Chemistry, 2027 | Atlanta, GA

talk to me about: horror movies, weightlifting; unethical life hacks, healthcare, sweets, nonprofits, baby videos

Enne Kim
Signal Society, SCUE, SNF Paideia Fellow, Excelano Project, APALI
College - International Relations and English, 2026 | Buford, GA

ENFJ, beli: greeneykim (i like to eat revolving sushi, korean noodles, and your mom's cooking)



Grace Tai
Hong Kong Student's Association, Maths TA, Wharton Investment & Trading Group, RA
Wharton + College - Statistics and Mathematics, 2026 | Hong Kong

Thinks everyone should spend more time outside.

Irene Woo
Seven|Eight, HOSA, KWH Fiber Arts Circle, Gutmann House Manager, Service Link
College - Health & Societies, minors in Neuroscience and Health Care Management, 2026 | Fort Worth, TX

Lover of green tea and Mary Oliver quotes. Knitter, soup drinker, and chronic overthinker. Ideal weather: 64F, partly cloudy, with a slight breeze.

Kelly He
Penn Queer & Asian, Chinese Students’ Association, aKDPhi
College - Urban Studies, minors in Statistics and Fine Arts, 2026 | College Station, TX

HAI! I love cartoons, crocheting, walking barefoot in grass, listening to music in the car, and juicy ripe fruits

Kelly Nguyen
Vietnamese Students' Association, Wharton Management Department Research Assistant, Reach at Penn, Penn Chamber
Wharton - Marketing and Finance, 2026 | North East, MD

kelly likes to cycle between hobbies, her latest being fishing & weightlifting! she also likes doing nails, making matcha, and opening blind box keychains (labubu, teddy lulu, ANYTHING i like the rush). challenge her to a game of tetris or word hunt

Kim-Tien Vo
Ophthalmology Research, Operation Walk Volunteering, freelance art/graphic design
College - Chemistry, minor in Fine Arts, 2026 | Lakeland, FL

Loves traveling, oil painting, anything Ghibli, ocean animal trivia… also recently got into pokemon (please send help)

Mar Tran
Chinese Students' Association, aKDPhi, REACH, Asian Pacific American Nursing Student Association
Nursing - Nursing, minor in Nutrition, 2026 | Houston, TX

i am a HUGE boba, trivia, puzzle, NYT games connoisseur that happens to love music (currently rap but i dabble in lots of genres) and am unfortunately chronically online (i most likely will get every brain rot reference in existence)

Melissa Liu
Wharton 2010 TA, Wharton AI & Analytics, Penn Autism Alliance
College + Wharton, Sociology and Business Analytics + Management, 2026 | Plainsboro, NJ

Hi! I love to…go on late night walks and chat, go to concerts (into all types of music), debriefing tv shows (current fave is love island, original ik), exploring new cafe spots in philly (gonna do 1 new one per week so if ur interested in coming lmk!), and reading / watching content about history

Norah Rami
Editor in Chief of 34th Street Magazine, Fellow at the Marks Family Writing Center, Andrea Mitchell Fellow, University Scholars, Friars Senior Society
College - English and Political Science, 2026 | Sugar Land, TX

papparazzi claim she was spotted at: the filmore, clark park farmer's market, PMA, and schuykill running trail.





Sophia Liu
College - Urban Studies and Health & Societies, minors in Bioethics and Consumer Psychology, 2026 |

I was a girl in the village doin' alright then I became a princess overnight

Ram Mayo
President of Penn Philippine Association, VP Internal of iDev, Social Impact Consulting, Wharton Undergraduates in Public Policy
College + Wharton - Mathematics and Statistics, 2026 | Manila, Philippines

dog lover (4 dogs!), tryhard fromsoft gamer, chronic code switcher. recovering marshmallow and chocnut addict

Richard Liu
Wharton GRC, APALI Co-Facilitator, Oracle, WITG
Wharton - Finance and AI, 2026 | Little Rock, AR

certified richard classics: making yummy sandwiches, writing poetry, playing pickleball, trying new restaurants, making you hang out with all of my senior friends, walking through life together!



Tyler Gong
Vice President of Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honors Society, Research at the AWARE Lab, MEAM TA, Penn Music Mentorship Program
SEAS + College - Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, 2026 | New York, NY

Amateur musician, professional yapper. Seen eating good, shooting hoops, playing shows, hiking, and never sleeping in class (trust). Always happy to chat!

Tyler Trang
Lion dance both @Penn and Chinatown, Lotus Society, Vietnamese Student Association
College - Sociology, minors in Chemistry and Healthcare Management/Neuroscience, 2026 | Bakersfield, CA

Bulbasaur, grentperez, and CAVA enthusiast

Vanessa Gong
Penn Lions, ESAC, Kite & Key, CHAS RA, Sung Robotics Lab Student Researcher, MEAM TA
SEAS - Mechanical Engineering, 2026 | Basking Ridge, NJ

D1 game pigeon word hunt player. Ask about my funky socks, sweet treat, and shot glass addiction.

Yutong Yi
Shelter Health Outreach Program, RA (Radian), Oracle Senior Honor Society
College - Biology, 2026 | Leawood, KS

my eyes light up when i see food; enjoy eats and running off those eats