Lynn basically biked from Gunn High School in Palo Alto to come to Stanford in the fall of 2006. Among a long list of accomplishments, Lynn has played the violin around the world with the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra. She is also a bright erhu (the Chinese violin) player and has showcased in China; Lynn was also awarded the coveted title of most talented cover girl at the Miss Sing Tao pageant in 2005.

Lynn did not pick her undergraduate academic advisor and ended up with Julien who convinced her to come learn to play the pipetteman and join Debbie's efforts to decipher the score of cell cycle regulation. She wishes she could beat Julien in tennis.