Sophia Wen

Sophia Wen is a 2nd-year student at Columbia University from Irvine, California, majoring in Psychology and minoring in Music Performance on the pre-med track. Passionate about resource equity, student engagement, medicine, and education, she particularly enjoys working at the intersection of communication and advocacy to address issues of campus representation, accessibility, and health.

In the ’25-’26 academic year, Sophia served as GSSC’s Health & Wellness Representative. Prior to coming to Columbia, Sophia earned her Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) License and served as a Youth Outreach Representative for the City of Irvine government. In these roles, she worked directly with long-term care patients from underserved communities and served as a liaison between the City of Irvine government and students in local schools. In coordination with schools and citywide community services, she organized and hosted various events aimed at solving student issues, including city infrastructure planning, health and wellness workshops, speaker series, civic engagement and voter registration, and career planning panels that featured field specialists. In the past, she has also collaborated with various school faculties, nonprofit organizations, and students to plan Mental Health Awareness Weeks, creating activities that provided resources and reduced the stigma surrounding mental health.

Outside of her work at GSSC and Columbia, Sophia enjoys sampling new foods and cuisines, going on boba and matcha cafe runs, cooking and baking, playing classical piano, photography, graphic design, fashion, content creation, journalism, and traveling.