Yifan Ping

China

MSc Education (Comparative and International Education)

Worcester College - Cocksey Scholarship

Funding: Hualan-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann

Yifan holds a BA (with Highest Honours) in Social Anthropology from Swarthmore College (US). During their undergraduate degree, they worked as a teaching and research assistant. Yifan received the Lang Social Impact Fellowship to conduct social-action projects, focusing on improving the Chinese government’s transparency and efficiency in facilitating the cross-border transactions of capital and talent. They worked in Panopath Education, the biggest student-led NGO in China that aims to dismantle information asymmetry in the college application process for high school students. Yifan is a Lead Writing Associate Fellow at Swarthmore and an English teacher in China specializing in preparing bilingual/ESL students for standardized tests.