Growing up in BeijingI spent my childhood and teenage years in Beijing, from primary school through high school. The city holds my earliest memories and shaped the place from which I first understood the world.
My first trip abroadIn sixth grade, I traveled abroad for the first time on a trip through Europe that brought me to Paris. It was my first glimpse of the world beyond everything familiar to me.
ArtCenter College of DesignI spent four years at ArtCenter, turning my curiosity about design into a real craft. It was an intense, dreamlike journey that reshaped how I pursue what matters to me.
Driving from Los Angeles to ChicagoBefore beginning my internship near Chicago, I drove east from Los Angeles. The Grand Canyon became one of the most unforgettable stops on that journey across the United States.
Internship at KohlerIn the fall of 2019, I interned at Kohler near Chicago. It was my first time living in the American Midwest and experiencing a professional environment beyond campus.
INSEAD Business SchoolAt INSEAD, I brought design thinking into the classroom and explored with people from around the world how design can help us understand business and real human needs.
Ant InternationalAt Ant International, I stepped into the complex world of global payments and learned how product, technology, and trust work together behind every seemingly simple transaction.
MicrosoftAt Microsoft, I went all in on AI—building products at the center of rapid change and continually rethinking how people and intelligent tools should work together.
A curious return to CaliforniaI returned to California for a week of driving, coastlines, old restaurants, and long conversations. Along the way, I revisited the turns my life had taken and imagined who else I might have become.
Tsinghua Global MBAI am pursuing the Global MBA at Tsinghua SEM, bringing years of product and design practice back into the classroom while revisiting familiar problems through a business lens.
Driving to the Inner Mongolian grasslandsIn April 2025, I drove to Hohhot and the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. The road kept reaching toward the horizon as the edges of the city gave way to open sky and grassland.
Exchange at Bocconi UniversityIn 2025, I studied abroad at Bocconi University in Milan. Spending time in a different school and city let me revisit familiar questions through a new cultural and business context.
The sea I loved in NiceIn 2025, I traveled to Nice, France. I fell in love with its sea—open, luminous, and a shade of blue that seemed to slow time down.
First time in New YorkOn my first trip to the American East Coast, I explored New York and Boston and watched the stars by Walden Pond. Beyond New York’s density and energy, I especially loved the quiet woods, open skies, and slower rhythm outside Boston.
Sailing along the YangtzeIn April 2026, I took a boat along the Yangtze through Chongqing. Seeing the city rise in layers from both riverbanks revealed a completely different Chongqing from the one seen on land.
