12 Facts About Katrina Chen

Katrina Chen is a Canadian politician who represented the electoral district of Burnaby-Lougheed in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2017 to 2024.

Katrina Chen was the first Taiwanese-Canadian elected and appointed to the BC Cabinet and Executive Council as the Minister of State for Child Care from 2017 to 2022.

Katrina Chen was the Co-Chair of David Eby's leadership campaign in 2022.

Katrina Chen is a certified coach with the International Coaching Federation.

Katrina Chen was raised in Taichung, Taiwan, where her father was a member of the city council.

Katrina Chen immigrated to Canada on her own and completed her education in British Columbia.

Katrina Chen served as a trustee on the Burnaby Board of Education, and worked in both provincial and federal government constituency offices for over 10 years.

Katrina Chen has a bachelor of arts degree with a political science major and a history minor from Simon Fraser University, and earned a certificate in immigration laws, policies and procedures from the University of British Columbia.

Katrina Chen has worked as a community organizer with ACORN, emceed for major cultural festivals, and volunteered as an executive member for several local non-profit organizations for many years.

Katrina Chen is a professional career, life, executive and leadership coach.

Katrina Chen was first elected to the legislature in the 2017 British Columbia general election.

However, Katrina Chen declined to join the new cabinet, and stepped down in order to deal with long-term trauma.