Name: Chin-Yen (Christine) Chou 2025 Student Visionary Spotlight

Class Year: 2025

List the award(s) / scholarship(s) you have received
Inclusive Excellence Award

What does receiving this award or scholarship mean to you?
Receiving the Inclusive Excellence Award is a tremendous honor and a deeply meaningful recognition of a goal I’ve carried throughout my time at SUNY, to inspire and support the next generation of optometry students, particularly those from underrepresented backgrounds.

What are your plans following graduation?
I will begin working at an OD/MD practice in Queens, NY!