Charlotte Peng lives in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, and is a 2020 graduate of Horton High School. She is a Loran Scholar semifinalist and received the Nova Scotia Lieutenant Governor’s Education medal in June 2019. She has been active in conferences aimed at engaging middle and high school students on issues of maternal and newborn child health, and in 2019, she was selected as the Atlantic Canadian representative to attend the Canadian Conference of Global Health in Ottawa. In January 2020, she received the CTV and Halifax Hurricanes Hero Award.  

At Acadia, in addition to her studies in Biology, Charlotte hopes to continue pursuing her interests in social justice and international human rights.