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Yan is admitted to practice law in New Jersey with admission pending in New York. She is a graduate of Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. Yan received a Master of Arts in International Affairs from the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University and was named a Pickering Fellow by the U.S. Department of State. She earned a Juris Doctorate degree, cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law in 2008. Yan was a visiting student to Rutgers Law School - Camden in her last academic year of law school.

Before law school, Ms. Bennett was a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State and served overseas in China, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Singapore. She has received several awards for superior performance from the State Department, including a personal commendation from the Secretary of State.

More recently, Yan worked for Dow Jones & Company in its Enterprise Media Group Legal Department and interned at the U.S. Immigration Court in Philadelphia in her last semester of law school. She and her husband live in Princeton Borough, New Jersey, and are active in the local community. Yan is on the Princeton Borough Committee on Traffic and Transportation, a volunteer with SCORE – Princeton, an organization providing small business advice to startup companies, and a member of the Princeton Community Democratic Organization. Her husband is a volunteer firefighter for Princeton Hook and Ladder.

Yan is a certified scuba diver and enjoys experiencing diverse cultures and customs. To date, she has traveled to 31 countries across four continents.