Carina Hong
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Carina Letong Hong, from Canton, China, is pursuing a JD/PhD in mathematics. A first-generation college student, Carina graduated from MIT, Sigma Pi Sigma, with a double major in mathematics and physics. She then earned a neuroscience master’s degree with dissertation distinctions from Oxford, where she conducted artificial intelligence and machine learning research at Sainsbury Wellcome Center’s Gatsby Unit. At Stanford Law School, Carina provides legal aid to low-income workers and uses economic analysis to push for law enforcement reform. Carina has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals, served as an expert referee for journals and conferences, and spoken at summits in the United States, Germany, France, the U.K., and China. She is the recipient of the AMS-MAA-SIAM Morgan Prize for Outstanding Research, the highest honor for an undergraduate in mathematics in North America; the AWM Alice T. Schafer Prize for Mathematical Excellence, given annually to an undergraduate woman in the United States; the Maryam Mirzakhani Fellowship; and a Rhodes Scholarship.