Karen Yu

For the American professional wrestler, see Wendy Choo.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yu (余).

Karen Yu Yu Wan-ju MLY
余宛如
Yu in 2016
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 2016 – 31 January 2020
Constituency	Republic of China
Personal details
Born	(1980-06-11) 11 June 1980 Taipei, Taiwan
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party (since 2015)
Other political affiliations	Green Party Taiwan (until 2015)
Education	National Taiwan University (BA) University of London (MA)

Karen Yu (Chinese: 余宛如; pinyin: Yú Wǎnrú; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Û Oán-jû; born 11 June 1980) is a Taiwanese politician. She served a single term on the Legislative Yuan as a member of the Democratic Progressive Party.

Education

Yu obtained her bachelor's degree in economics from National Taiwan University and master's degree in anthropology from the University of London in the United Kingdom.

Pre-political career

She founded the cafe OKOGreen in 2008. The establishment served only coffee produced through fair trade practices, and supported environmentalism by partnering with Green Party Taiwan and the Taiwan Environmental Information Center. Yu has also served on the council of the Taiwan Fairtrade Association.

Political career

Yu was co-chair of Green Party Taiwan from 2012 to 2015. She was listed eighth on the Democratic Progressive Party's proportional representation ballot during the 2016 legislative elections and won an at-large seat in the Legislative Yuan. After stepping down as a legislator, she was appointed director general of the Taoyuan City Government's Department of Information Technology.