Amy Weber, Development Coordinator

Amy has her Master’s degree in East Asian Languages and Cultures from Columbia University, where she focused on female religious leaders in Taiwan. As such, she is a Mandarin Chinese speaker, writer and reader and occasionally works as a freelance translator. While at Columbia, she was a member of the Columbia University Law School chapter of Amnesty International and continues to work for the cause of human rights at every opportunity.

Amy coordinates a joint academic program between Yale University in the US and Peking University in China. She also volunteers with the Empowerment and Rights Institute, a Beijing-based human rights organization, and with The Women’s Mosaic in NYC. Amy is also a passionate advisor for women leaders at Princeton and Yale Universities.

Amy also likes practicing ashtanga yoga, running in Prospect Park, riding her bicycle to Coney Island, working at the Park Slope Co-op, and buying old furniture.