I graduated in psychology and Spanish, with a minor in philosophy from UM '07. While at UM, I was also a peer advisor for the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. After my junior year, I received an amazing MHIRT fellowship to do psychology research in China. I had never planned to do anything in Asia, and I was completely new to China and Chinese. After I graduated, I worked for a year on a Princeton in Asia fellowship teaching English in Guangzhou, China (near Hong Kong). Now I'm based in Beijing writing freelance--travel, features, culture, anything that pays the bills. When I have time, I study Chinese literature at the Language and Culture University.