I grew up in a small village in rural China, Henan province, and worked on the farm with my parents throughout my adolesent years. At the age of eighteen, I passed the national entrance examination and became a freshmen at Henan Polytechnic University in Jiaozuo, a prefecture-level city in northern Henan province. I was the first college student in my whole village in twenty-some years. As an undergrad, I majored in English Language and Literature and was fascinated with the interplay between language and culture in society. With this interest, I went to Zhejiang Univeristy in 2008 to study for my Master's Degree in applied linguisitcs (more specifically discourse studies). After that, I decided to pursue a doctoral degree in communication studies. In 2011, I went to the US and started my PhD in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
I lived in the United States for seven years and I was grateful for spending my late 20s in such a beautiful and peaceful town like Boulder. I recently moved to Auckland for work and am absolutely in love with this place.