Vanessa Chen (vanessa-chen)

Vanessa Chen ('24) is a Features writer. She enjoys debating, singing, cooking, and writing. Vanessa prefers to cover stories that ask questions that she also wants to find the answer to. Though, she's open-minded to any topic.

America Retold: AP African American Studies

Vanessa Chen, Abigail Jin, Samaria Noel 

AP African American Studies, a new and controversial course, will be offered at Stuyvesant starting this fall.

Issue 15, Volume 113

Standardized Testing in an Un-Standard Year: Here Comes the SHSAT

Khujista Umama, Vanessa Chen, Saiyedah Nayra, Chloe Boccara 

The pandemic has left eighth-graders to deal with an uncertain future regarding high school admissions. What are their responses to the upcoming SHSAT?

Issue 9, Volume 111

Standardized Testing in an Un-Standard Year: Here Comes the SHSAT

Vanessa Chen, Khujista Umama, Saiyedah Nayra, Chloe Boccara 

The pandemic has left eighth-graders to deal with an uncertain future regarding high school admissions. What are their responses to the upcoming SHSAT?

Issue 9, Volume 111

How the Virus Stole Christmas (and How We’re Stealing It Back)

Vanessa Chen, Catherine Ching, Ellen Pehlivanian, Kaeliana Yu 

Stuyvesant student holiday wishlists and how gift-exchanging is being affected by COVID-19.

Issue 8, Volume 111