Anne Li

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I moved to an apartment in San Francisco hours after commencement — my roommate and I were both starting work the next day. Over the course of the summer the city took shape in my mind as I learned its contours by the Muni lines.

I spent those months (some of the happiest of my life) reporting for Mission Local, a Mission-based hyperlocal news organization, covering anything from the school board race to police and parks. Reporting was a real privilege; people told me astonishing and beautiful things when I least expected them to. I was grateful to do this thing I loved in a world that felt so much bigger.

I'm back on campus now, where I'm a news managing editor and former Equity Project editor at my campus newspaper, The Stanford Daily. The Daily is where I first learned to report; I'm grateful to my editors for believing in me.

I'm finishing up a master's here, studying computer security. During my undergrad in computer systems, I did research in ESRG and the HCI Group and wrote software at Apple. It's been a winding road but I'm grateful for every turn.