Shinmu Jiang

When someone asks “What makes YYGS different from other programs?” or “What is special about YYGS?”, the first thing that comes to mind isn’t the lecture on China’s Belt and Road Initiative or the seminar covering Rousseau’s opinions on our state of nature. Instead, I think about the discussions with my family time group or the late-night discord calls on the YYGS server. I think about my newfound relationships with friends all across the globe, spanning from Boston to Indonesia to Australia and back to San Jose. I think about the projects we continued even after the program ended thanks to our newfound passions and perspectives.