Laya Krishnan

Laya Krishnan is a high school student based in San Jose, California. She's passionate about local solutions to housing issues, specifically youth homelessness, and has dedicated much of her extracurricular work to pursuing policy solutions to San Jose's housing crisis. Since joining YIP as an intern in February 2025, she has contributed to policy briefs and economic research shaping conversations around the future of our macroeconomy.‍