Jennalynn Fung is a Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD), journalist, and photographer with bylines in Teen Vogue, Pharmacy Times, Business Insider, NYCgo, Her Campus, and more, while being host of interview show, In Between Bites. They cover topics such as health and medicine, sustainability and environmental justice, Asian American culture and LGBTQ+ issues, in addition to interviewing musicians and covering concerts. They’re currently a PGY1 Pharmacy Resident - Public Health Track at the County of Santa Clara - Health System.

Fung’s previous roles in public health include serving as an Ensigh O-1 under the Public Health Service in Montana at the Crow/Northern Cheyenne Hospital on the Crow Reservation in summer 2021. They were the only pharmacy student to work as a Health Research Training Program (HRTP) Intern and Mpox Case Investigator at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in Summer 2022. In August 2024, they were selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants to be a Pharmacy Extern at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), specifically the Division of Opioid Overdose. Ultimately, they intend to become a global public health leader while also becoming involved in local politics in their hometown.

Born in San Francisco, California, they are a third-generation Chinese-Korean American. As a teenager, they lived in Arizona, eventually moving to New York City at age 17 for pharmacy school. They balanced art and science in their day-to-day, graduating with their Doctorate in Pharmacy in May 2025, while simultaneously being deeply involved with many communities in New York City. In summer 2023, Fung was a 2023 Public Ceramics Fellow with Gas Works and Clay Space in NYC, producing one ceramic collection [view here].

As a writer and journalist, Fung has written work about the people who move our world: activists, pharmacists and scientists, singers and songwriters, as well as what these folks are moving: fashion trends, the musical scene, the intersection between politics and the natural environment, and more. They have worked as press at three music festivals: Sol Blume, 88rising’s Head in the Clouds, and Outside Lands. All of Fung's published writing can be read under the Articles tab. In the coming years, their writing will focus more on science, medicine, and public health.

Fung has found themselves on either side of the camera and the pen; they were interviewed in NBC, Vogue's, Buzzfeed's, Voyage Phoenix, and spoke on Asian All-American's podcast. All of these can be watched or read at the ”Featured In” tab.

As an advocate, Fung founded a Fridays for Future chapter in Arizona as well as an Extinction Rebellions group at St. John's University. Fung was also involved in the planning of several historical marches, such as the Climate Strike in New York City on September 20th, 2019, the direct action at the Department of Education in New York on March 9th, 2020 and the BIPOC-lead March Against Environmental Racism and sit-ins on September 25th, 2020. They were also involved in Asian-American representation movements. As a student, they single-handedly petitioned for equitable grading at the university during the pandemic, which garnered over 3,000 signatures before being accepted and implemented by the institution.

As an organizer, Fung has fundraised money for the local community: As Sustainability Committee Chair at their university, they virtually fundraised nearly $200 for the Phillipines following 2020 typhoons Vamco and Goni. December 2022, Fung fundraised $400 by selling their photography for Care For the Homeless (CFH), a non-profit based in New York City that provides housing and medical services to the homeless. In June 2025, they hosted an auction for their interview show, In Between Bites, which raised $255 for food banks in New York City.

“About page” updated July 17, 2025