Amy Chen

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Author Bio

Amy Chen is a senior business executive with 20 years of experience building and leading teams in consumer and food companies. She is a PD Soros Fellow and a Public Voices Fellow of The OpEd Project and aspires to play more in 2026!

February 14, 2026

The case for play in an overworked world

By this point of the year, many New Year’s resolutions have begun to unravel. Researchers have long noted that most resolutions are abandoned within weeks—a pattern so common that the second Friday of the year has been dubbed “Quitter’s…

August 14, 2025

My mom got a lifesaving organ transplant, but unless Congress acts, others might not be so fortunate 

For the last quarter century, my 75-year-old mom has lived with progressive kidney disease and its accomplices: high blood pressure, long lists of medications and, as her kidney function declined, injections and transfusions, swelling and…