Jiaqi Li

Activist, Atheist, Event planner, Idea generator, Student

#pessimistic optimist #extroverted introvert Grade 12 Student from Shenzhe Vanke Meisha Academy. Founder and president of VMA Psychology club, which aims to make psychological knowledge understandable to students, eliminating bias on psychological disorder such as depression, and LGBTQ community.

Psychology & Philosophy Love reading and philosphical discussion. I co-founded a book club within school with 4 other students, holding weekly book salon. Now, we're reading Against Interpretation by Susan Sontag. I took part in 2018 China Brain Bee which is a neuroscience competition, and successfully entered national round. This competition helped me to have a deeper understanding about cognitive science and Psychology. In terms of Psychology, Neuroscience serves as a shortcut to comprehend human behavior.

I am pretty good at giving speech. I have given multiple speeches at my highschool assembly. In addtion, I have won 2 Bronze medals for Interview and Speech at 2017 United States Academic Decathalon, competing with more than 1000 students.