Kiana Lei Yap is a 3L at Santa Clara University School of Law. At SCU, Kiana Lei is involved in the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA), Criminal Law Society, and Social Justice Coalition, and has competed in moot court and served as an associate with the Journal of International Law.

She is passionate about a career in public service and is strongly committed to serving her community. Her volunteer work has included Asian Law Alliance’s Citizenship Day, serving as a high school mock trial adjudicator with the Teach Democracy organization, and Sacred Heart Community Service. During law school, she has completed internships with the FBI, United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, and the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office. After law school, she is looking forward to a career in criminal prosecution.

Kiana Lei takes pride in her background as a second-generation immigrant and first-generation law student and looks forward to supporting aspiring law students in the AAPI community. She is San Jose native, who graduated from Valley Christian High School and received her BA and MS from Saint Mary’s College of California.