25 Under 25 Honoree Katelyn Ho
Katelyn Ho's most significant moment of growth at Stevens didn’t happen in a classroom. It actually happened across a table from the owner of a small Japanese restaurant that was struggling to get customers whose livelihood depended on the recommendations Ho and her team were about to present. When the owner worked to implement the changes and reported back that she had found success, it was the first time Ho's academic skills, teamwork and professional development had come together in a way she could truly feel had impact.
A business and technology major with concentrations in management and information systems, Ho carries a 3.9 GPA and has shaped her academic experience around learning how to think rather than simply what to think. Coursework in corporate finance, statistics, AI and machine learning strengthened her ability to approach problems both technically and strategically, building the comfort with uncertainty and step-by-step problem solving that has carried into every project she has taken on. That same mindset guided her when she helped found the Stevens chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi. As Vice President of Membership, she focuses on building mentorship systems and accountability structures designed to outlast the founding class, finding deep satisfaction in watching newer members grow into confident leaders of their own.
Ho's professional confidence took a meaningful leap when she was selected as a Girls Who Invest Scholar, a program that gave her both the technical foundation in financial modeling and Excel and the personal conviction that she belonged in finance. She carried that belief into a second Stevens Consulting Group project, developing technology-driven solutions for a client with no existing data infrastructure.
Beyond consulting and leadership, Ho serves as Historian for the Japanese Student Association, a role she has grown from documentation into genuine community storytelling, preserving the relationships and small moments that make new students feel they belong from their very first days on campus.
