Ally Soong, B.A.

Year: 
2021

Major:
Architecture

Current Position:
Culinary Events Manager

A little bit more about Ally
The Farm is the reason Ally decided to apply to Yale. From a young age, Ally's parents instilled in her a love of food, cooking, and environmentalism. She spent her middle school years tearing through Michael Pollan's books. For a class assignment, she gave a speech on corn subsidies that her 8th grade English teacher described as "electrifying." So, when she read a profile of the Yale Farm and knead 2 know in Saveur during her junior year of high school, Ally could not help but imagine herself making pizza under the pavilion, learning about and discussing issues in sustainable food and agriculture. The YSFP has been everything she expected and more. As a volunteer and a Culinary Events Manager, Ally has learned about the complicated world of sustainable food certifications, the ability of mushrooms to break down asphalt(!!), how to use a broad fork, how to start a fire, exactly the right consistency of ricotta needed for perfect dollops—the list goes on. She cherishes every moment she has spent on the Farm and the friends she's made along the way.