Meet the Class of 2025
Sean Park
Hometown: Blue Bell, PA
Majors: Neuroscience, Cinema & Media Studies
Activities & Honors:
- Head of Videography – Venture Lab
- Captain – Penn Club Squash
- Business Manager – Off The Beat
- Treasurer – Korean Student Association
- Ivy League National Competitor & Mentor – Powerlifting At Penn
- Diversity Equity & Inclusion Chair – Sigma Nu
- Published Clinical Researcher – Perelman School of Medicine
- Member – Kinoki Senior Society
- Volunteer – Community School Student Partnerships
- Honors: Best Sound Design (The Goon) – Kelly Writers House Film Festival (2023) Finalist & Amazon Prime Video Distribution Sponsorship (Underneath) Student World Impact Film Festival Best Cinematography (The Goon) – Flint Youth Film Festival, Dean’s List
- Publication(s): Secondary author – Development and Application of Brain Region-Specific Organoids for Investigating Psychiatric Disorders (Biological Psychiatry 2022)
Hobbies: Origami, film photography, watching horror movies, outdoor cycling, and eating at yummy restaurants
Favorite Books: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi and Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Favorite Movies: Train to Busan, The Babadook, Get Out, Toy Story 3
Favorite Food: My mom’s home-braised 갈비 (Korean BBQ beef short-ribs)
Favorite Quote: “Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery, but Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.” ~ Master Oogway from Kungfu Panda
Plans After Penn: Medical School
