Katie Tang's work experience includes serving as the Executive Director of Finance at GENup since March 2023. Prior to this, they were the ASB Treasurer and Leadership II Student Store Committee member at Mission San Jose High School. Katie also worked as a Cake Decorator at La Farfalla Bakery. Additionally, they served as the Secretary and Youth Advisory Commission Member at the City of Fremont. Katie was the Vice President of Finance at DECA Inc. and held various leadership positions at the Academy of Chinese Performing Arts, including Team Captain and Competitive Dancer. Katie worked as a Staff Writer at The Smoke Signal and as an Account Intern at FK Services. Katie also served as the Director of Publicity at MSJ LEO Club.
Katie Tang is currently attending Mission San Jose High School from 2020 to 2024. Katie is also enrolled in De Anza College, Foothill College, and Ohlone College from 2022 to 2024. In addition to their education, Katie has obtained certifications in Analysis for Business Systems, Enterprise Systems, and IT Infrastructure and Emerging Trends from Coursera in 2022. Katie had a brief period of study at The Wharton School in 2022, focusing on Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies.
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GENup
GENup is California’s largest youth-led education policy organization, engaging over 4,000+ student leaders from across the state that come from 85 K-12 public school districts as well as University of California and California State University institutions. GENup’s successes include working with the State Board of Education to create the State Seal for Civic Engagement, championing the historic ethnic studies bill (AB101) through the legislature & into law, fighting for equitable education funding during COVID, advocating for statewide mental health reform through legislation, successfully authoring/advocating/passing a bill into law on student board member rights (AB 824), campaigning for the U.S Department of Education’s first youth-advisory council, and passing (Los Angeles Unified, San Diego Unified, and Fresno Unified) first student bill of rights, collectively representing over 1.2 million students. In all, 47 education bills GENup sponsored, authored, or wrote have been signed into law by Governor Newsom, including legislation requiring a mental health curriculum in all high school health education courses. GENup has become an influential youth-voice representing California’s students in the most pressing conversations on education policy, and our more than 100+ local chapters are one of the most effective platforms for grassroots student-led activism in our state. From top to bottom, GENup is for youth and by youth!
