About Us
Alvin C.
Alvin is 15 years old and has lived in Shanghai for most of his life. His ethnicity is Han and his nationality is Taiwan. Besides Mandarin Chinese, he also speaks English and French. Before living in Shanghai, Alvin has lived in Taiwan and Singapore. He is also interested in music, and has played the violin for 4 years, and he attended the Lumen music festival in Beijing with a select orchestra. Aside from music, he is also interested in Photoshop, a program he uses to edit photos. Alvin also understands that the world is in constant crises, which caused him to start a Doors to Diplomacy project. Alvin also helped set up a school-wide MiFan Mama yard sale to support an orphanage started by a family in rural China. In the future, Alvin wishes to follow in the footsteps of his parents: to be hardworking and to better understand human behavior and humanity.
Exilia H.
Exilia is a 14 year old girl who grew up in the vast land of China. She was born into a family with parents from Hong Kong and Singapore, but has a Canadian nationality. Exilia has been raised in several cultures; not to mention that she has studied in international schools all her life. Since she has been surrounded by people from all around the world ever since she was a little girl, she can speak 4 languages including English, Mandarin, Cantonese and French. Exilia enjoys spending time with friends, laughing, listening to music, and playing volleyball. She incorporates her hobby, shopping, by helping the economy and giving back to the community when she participated in the Giving Tree Program. Although Exilia is uncertain about what she wants to do with her life in the future, she guarantees that it’ll be something she loves.
Faye Y.
Faye is a 14 year old girl who grew up in Malaysia, a multi-cultural country. Despite that, it wasn't until moving to China and attending an international school that her eyes opened up to the outside world. Faye is happy to be back in the country of her ancestors, but at the same time feels deeply attached to her Malaysian roots (where she lived for 9 years). She loves watching movies and TV shows; thrillers are her favorite genre. Faye speaks 3 languages (English, Chinese and Malay) and 1 dialect (Cantonese). Faye feels that as one of the people born into the more fortunate families, she should give back. She has participated in the Giving Tree Project, where she went to a migrant school to help deliver the gifts. She is unsure of which career she wants to take on in the future, but knows she definitely wants to be a mother.
Patrik Z.
Patrik is a 15 year old boy from Stockholm, Sweden. Although he is from an european country, his ethnicity is Chinese. Due to this unique ethnic mix, he can speak a variety of languages. Those include (from first to most recent) Swedish, Chinese, English, and French. He is currently studying in an international school in Shanghai, China called "Shanghai Community International School", and hopes to be able to make a difference in this world someday. Patrik’s hobbies include playing a variety of sports, socializing with friends, playing the piano and playing the violin. He has also participated at the Lumen music festival in Beijing with the school's select orchestra. Patrik also enjoys painting oil paintings, sketching, and drawing a variety of different art with photoshop. In his past years, he has also helped with the “MiFan Mama” organization. When he grows up, he hopes to find a future in digital design.