Annie died June 25, 2019. She was born in Raleigh, N.C., and moved with her family to Troy, Mich., in 2011.

Annie’s passion and engagement with the Princeton community were evident in all of the activities she led and participated in. She wrote more than 50 news articles and served as a news editor for The Daily Princetonian. She was involved in the Petey Greene Program, Project Solidarity, the Student Health Advisory Board, the Princeton University Biological Sciences Society, and the Princeton Student Events Committee. Looking to apply her education globally, Annie conducted her thesis research in Andasibe, Madagascar. She graduated with honors, majoring in ecology and evolutionary biology with certificates in global health and health policy, and planets and life.

Annie completed her first year of medical school at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. She planned to become an ophthalmologist and would have earned a medical degree in 2022.

She is fondly remembered by classmates and colleagues as a brilliant, dedicated, caring, and exuberant ray of sunshine. She was always ready with a quick joke to lift everyone’s spirits and never hesitated to lend a sympathetic ear or a helping hand to those in need. She will be dearly missed.

Annie is survived by her mother, Liping Li; sisters Liyuan Lifanov and Jennie Yang ’20; and brother Richard Yang ’22. Her obituary can be found here: https://www.montlawn.com/obituary/annie-yang.

Undergraduate Class of 2018