Wilson Jang 張友家

Director-General of Operations

Wilson Jang (he/him) is a sophomore in Branford College from SoCal, majoring in Mechanical Engineering and pursuing a certificate in Energy Studies. Outside YMUNT, you can catch him with gloves and goggles on — from researching renewable energy storage to building liquid-propellant rockets with the Yale Undergraduate Aerospace Association. Off the engineering grind, he can be found bouldering with the Yale Climbing Team, meditating in Branford’s Buddhist shrine room, or on a bench pretending to be good at POV sketching. He also enjoys all things basketball, suffering as an Angels fan, and is always looking to add to his R&B playlists.

This is Wilson’s second year on YMUNT, having served as the USG of Taiwanese Delegations and the Co-Director of UNEA last year. Additionally, he was recently the Director of External Affairs for the Yale International Relations Leadership Institute, where he led sponsorships and community outreach in support of the program’s mission to educate aspiring high school students from across the globe. With familial roots in Taipei, he’s especially excited to return to YMUNT as this year’s Director-General of Operations, where he hopes to both provide an even more rewarding conference experience and share his love for Taiwanese guava. 

Feel free to reach out to Wilson at dg.operations@ymunt.org!

Pia Sitaca 薛明慧

Director-General of Committees

Pia Sitaca (she/her) is a sophomore in Pierson College hoping to pursue Economics and Global Affairs. Born and raised in Manila, the Philippines, she has a great love for food and all things music — from karaoke, to playing guitar, and the daily mixing of her extremely volatile playlists. At Yale, she has previously been a peer tutor in Filipino, and she can sometimes be found sharing a joke or two with the Yale Record, or at the CEID planning service days with Engineers Without Borders. She can also be spotted playing Mahjong at the Asian American Cultural Center, or praying in the Yale Farm before breakfast. Off-campus, Pia enjoys cooking and attempting to translate books in languages she can barely understand. Taking up a brief medical leave, she is proudly chasing after her Red Cross license and likes listening to architectural breakdowns of the places she wanders off to.

Pia recently celebrated her 8th year in MUN as the Under-Secretary-General of International Delegations and Co-Director of SOCHUM for YMUNT XII. Initially drawn to development work, she interned as a data analyst for the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry national competitiveness index — where she is now on her third year of discovering that she loves fast-paced strategic studies just as much. Returning as the Director-General of Committees for this iteration, she is beyond excited to share her ever-growing fascination for global politics and its complexities by shaping fresh and diverse committee experiences.

Pia can be reached at dg.committees@ymunt.org for any questions or concerns!