Tin Pak is the 2024-25 awardee of the Jackson School’s David Hughes Endowed Scholarship, given to a Jackson School undergraduate student with a demonstrated interest in diplomacy, foreign affairs, Asian cultural affairs, and/or NGO activities abroad.
Tin is majoring in Political Science, Global & Regional Studies, and minoring in Data Science at the University of Washington. He is interested in diplomacy, international security, and East Asian affairs. He previously served as the Primary Liaison Officer for Papua New Guinea at the APEC meetings in Seattle and interned at Asia Society. Tin is currently a Jackson School Cybersecurity Research Fellow and works for the Taiwan Studies Program at UW. He has written for the International Examiner, Northwest Asian Weekly, and China Media Project. Additionally, Tin has been the president of the Rainier Institute of Foreign Affairs a think tank based at UW, and a Jackson School Journal Editor. He is currently studying abroad.