Jacqueline Chen, a senior at the Lawrenceville School, has been playing the piano for 12 years. She has earned many awards in prestigious national and international piano competitions, most notably 1st place in Crescendo International Competition, the Elite International Competition in New York, Great Composers International Competition, International Concerto Competition/American Fine Arts Festival Concerto Competition, and Concert Festival Concerto Competition. She has performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in Manhattan over 20 times.

What Jacqueline has enjoyed most about her involvement in music is using it to help the community. She organized charity concerts within her piano studio and at her school to raise money for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and St. Jude's. She has also traveled to local hospitals and retirement homes to perform for the sick and elderly.

At Lawrenceville, Jacqueline is a Prefect who mentors first-year students, editor-in-chief of the science journal, and is a principal violin chair in the orchestra.

Jacqueline is so grateful for Mrs. Clarfield's positivity, guidance, and unwavering support for the past seven years. She will carry the lessons Mrs. Clarfield has taught her onto the rest of her life.

-- Jacqueline