Meet Jia Wei, a Chinese Malaysian who went from struggling with culture shock to embracing intercultural exchange. On a journey of self-discovery from Penang, Malaysia to Philadelphia, USA to Beijing, China… here is her story.
Meet Project Pengyou Summer 2017 intern Melodie, who was born in New York and raised in New Jersey. This is her journey on discovering what it means to be both Chinese and American, and how she slowly comes to embrace her Chinese-American identity.
Meet Shani, a half-Chinese American girl who’s lifelong struggles to learn Chinese brought her all over China and helped her make pengyous from all over the world.
Project Pengyou summer 2016 intern, Sohyeong Lee, tells the story of how culture shock and exchange helped teach her empathy and fueled her desire to be a bridge builder.
Meet Project Pengyou intern, Sophie Allison whose journey from Albuquerque, NM to France to China has been one of self-discovery.
Meet Pengyou summer intern Shirley, who is not learning Chinese to study a foreign place, but to bring two worlds together.
Meet Olivia, Project Pengyou Summer intern who had a glimpse of China in transition from a young age and wanted more.
Meet Kamilla Yunusova; a half Russian, half Uyghur, Philly girl from Uzbekistan whose journey to becoming a Pengyou took her from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to Philadelphia, USA, and finally led her to Beijing, China, and who is discovering the world to be much smaller than she expected.