Suffield Academy board member offered Chinese families access

The Boston Globe · Mike Damiano · 2026-11-05 10:30 UTC

Lillian Chen's business promised it could "ensure admission" to selective boarding schools, including Suffield.

For some wealthy Chinese parents seeking access to elite American boarding schools, one of the best avenues seemed to be hiring Lillian Chen.

Chen and her husband, Henry Chang, promised they could personally lobby admissions directors and headmasters at selective American boarding schools to “ensure admission” for their customers’ children.

And for any parent who might doubt their claims of access, they had a tantalizing response: Chen was an insider herself, a member of the board of trustees at Suffield Academy in Connecticut. She could even introduce them to the head of school.

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