CHARLENE YANG
ENTREPRENEUR. ADVOCATE.
GLOBAL LEADER.
Get to Know Me
Born in Nanjing, and spending most of my life in Shanghai during the rapidly growing period of China, I grew up in a realm of economic prosperity. However, as I became interested in current events, I witnessed and became more aware of social and economic injustices in our world.
Through years of exploring, I found out that I am deeply compelled to find solutions for social, economic, or environmental issues. I became more involved in gender activism, forming and leading multiple events, and a school club gave me practical knowledge of project management and leadership.
I'm passionate about combining the problem-solving process with my other interests, such as business and technology. I firmly believe in the power of innovation by the younger generation, and I am eager to bring my new perspectives on social innovation to the table.My Projects
I seek to bring innovation and positive change to the society and communities around me, these are the projects I started and am currently working on:
World Influencers Network
Founder
World Influencers Forum (WIN) is an NGO dedicated to bridging young leaders across borders and forming a supportive network. Within WIN, we form innovative joint initiatives for social and environmental issues. We challenge young leaders to merge modern technology, STEM sciences, and research into their projects and encourage young leaders to try newer, more creative solutions.
Don't hesitate to click on the icon to check out our official website!
Transiqueer
Founder
The transiqueer brand promotes equity amongst all genders and destigmatizes sexual minorities. Transiqueer hosts campaigns and releases products to educate about and offer representation for genderqueer communities.
Event Participation
Here are my experiences practicing my public speaking, and event planning/hosting skills, I have worked with numerous community leaders, NGOs, and grassroots organizations, including the following:
TEDX UWCChangshu
2023 Speaker
"Why is NOW the time for resetting our consumer habits"
Vagina Week
2022 Core Team
"Community-based event for female empowerment indluding workshops focusing on the female exerience and starting open discussions surrouning social injusts due to gender"
Sustainability Global Issues Forum
2022 Speaker
"Community speach with attendance of around 500 on sustainability"
Feminism Global Issues Forum
2021 Speaker
"Anti-sexism community speach with attendance of around 500"
Peanuts For Apples Global Issues Forum
2021 Speaker
"Community speach with attendance of around 500 drawing awareness for the mental distress encountered by the elderly population"
Future Global Strike Day
2021 Core Team
"Community celebration of future global strike day, which includes awareness raising workshops on reducing carbon emmisions and events discouraging excessive carbon emissions"
"A Woman, An Entrepreneur" Sight Speech
2022 Core Team
"Online forum to celebrate the November 19th female entrepreneur day. This event is a collaboration with Paypal and Girl-up China."
"USA-China Trade and it's Future" Sight Speech
2022 Core Team
"Online forum about USA-China trade relations and effects of the 二十大 upon existing industries. "
V-Week
2023 Core Team
"Weekly celebrations and workshops surrounding International Womens Day. "
Work and Leadership Experiences
I am always ambitions and keen to seek oppertunities to gain leadership and working experience in my interested fields, I have worked in and built multiple organizations including the following:
Bye-Binary Founder & Main Leader
2021 - Now
"Bye-binary is a student club within UWCCSC that seeks to demolish the binary gender system and its negative social effects through dynamic activism"
Entrepreneurship Memeber & Main Leader
2020 - Now
"Entrepreneurship is a long-existing student club within UWCCSC and is aimed at training aspiring entrepreneurs. We experiment with new project ideas within entrepreneurship and educate our members about social innovation."
NetEase Strategy Department Intern
Summer 2020
"The opportunity of being an intern at NetEase allowed me to gain more working experience especially in the area of interviewing and business analysis."
Female Soccer Varisty Teammember & Co-cap
2021 - Now
"The UWC female varsity soccer team is an engaging team that both pursue gameplay and high-quality educative training for our teammates. "
MiCS Author
2022 - Now
"MICS is a student lead Media Studio aimed to empower the young generation in China with adequate critical mindsets by delivering high-quality academic discussions. To this end, MiCS produce well-rounded articles and podcasts and facilitate practical activities to assist audiences in utilizing theoretical knowledge "
