Chris Freking

Media Coordinator

Christopher Calvin Freking is a third-year Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology student  at UCLA. He is very passionate about the power of music and its effect on the mind, having been a self-taught guitarist since the age of 12 and an avid listener of music of many genres and cultures. On campus, he is the Internship Coordinator for the Pilipino Recruitment & Enrichment Program and plays with the club tennis team, while volunteering at COVID relief programs. In the future, he wishes to work in the medical field while also remaining active and engaged in the relationship between his cultural upbringing and music.

Katie Butler

Fundraising Coordinator

Katie is a third-year Psychobiology major and prospective Music Industry minor at UCLA. She is passionate about music healing and is honored to be a part of MMM's new public education project with leaders in the field of music cognition. She is working for the Institute for Music and Brain Science's 2020 revisioning under the mentorship of Dr. Mark Tramo. She is also a research and evaluation intern for Jazz Hands for Autism based in Los Angeles. In her free time, she teaches music and vocal performance with YOUTHphonics A Cappella at Fairfax High School in addition to writing music of her own and collaborating with college artists nationally as a campus representative for Quadio Media. She continues to be inspired by the MMM community and hopes to use this inspiration in her continuation of educational and professional aspirations.

Henry Chen

Research Coordinator

Henry is a 3rd-year at UCLA majoring in Biology with a minor in Global Health. He is very enthusiastic about music, having played the piano for over 14 years, and the violin for 8 years. At UCLA, he is a director for Asian American Tutorial Project club, and a member of the 2019-2020 Asian Greek Council.  He aspires to be involved in the medical field as a physician or surgeon in the future, and hopes to give back to his community.