Alumni Stories
Our alumni tell the story of our past, to help us know our future.
![Rachel Zhang]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1647306351/shanghaiamerican/w7upbciqtqerwntskljv/rachelcrop.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1647306351/shanghaiamerican/w7upbciqtqerwntskljv/rachelcrop.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1647306351/shanghaiamerican/w7upbciqtqerwntskljv/rachelcrop.jpg","width":739}])
Meet Rachel Zhang from the class of 2021 and read about her experience in taking a gap year to pursue her startup in China.
![Mimi Gardner]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1646785672/shanghaiamerican/pfy71obb4xabec9yz9kx/mimi-thumbnail.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1646785672/shanghaiamerican/pfy71obb4xabec9yz9kx/mimi-thumbnail.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1646785672/shanghaiamerican/pfy71obb4xabec9yz9kx/mimi-thumbnail.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1646785672/shanghaiamerican/pfy71obb4xabec9yz9kx/mimi-thumbnail.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1646785672/shanghaiamerican/pfy71obb4xabec9yz9kx/mimi-thumbnail.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1646785672/shanghaiamerican/pfy71obb4xabec9yz9kx/mimi-thumbnail.png","width":2200}])
In honor of International Women’s Day and in celebration of the female legends of SAS, we present Marybelle Brewster - now Mimi Gardner, a second-generation SAS student from 1947 to 1949 and one of our eldest alumna.
![That Day Alumni Eagles Played Bingo]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1644364642/shanghaiamerican/unlqjcvzara82xbuxyic/Alumnimixer2022bingo.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1644364642/shanghaiamerican/unlqjcvzara82xbuxyic/Alumnimixer2022bingo.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1644364642/shanghaiamerican/unlqjcvzara82xbuxyic/Alumnimixer2022bingo.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1644364642/shanghaiamerican/unlqjcvzara82xbuxyic/Alumnimixer2022bingo.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1644364642/shanghaiamerican/unlqjcvzara82xbuxyic/Alumnimixer2022bingo.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1644364642/shanghaiamerican/unlqjcvzara82xbuxyic/Alumnimixer2022bingo.jpg","width":2200}])
What do you get when an entrepreneur, a teacher, and a technologist walk into a bar? Eagles returning to the nest, of course!
![Carol Mui]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1645685812/shanghaiamerican/xkmob9c1ymvqmuk4zcea/CarolMui.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1645685812/shanghaiamerican/xkmob9c1ymvqmuk4zcea/CarolMui.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1645685812/shanghaiamerican/xkmob9c1ymvqmuk4zcea/CarolMui.png","width":694}])
Meet Carol Mui ’09, former SAS Puxi campus student, and watch as she talks about her love for art, the detour she took in university, and how she found her way back and grew into being the successful muralist and illustrator she is today.