Hi future friends,
I'm Zijin (Betty), a gap year undergraduate now study in Peking University, Beijing, China.
I love outdoor sports, kongfu, dancing&singing, and for sure traveling in a local and interactive way; my career passion is in education for underprivileged groups; and I have strong faith in people and hope in the future world.

Extra info:
- Major: English Language and Literature & Economics
- Future study: community, sociology, psychology
- Future career: non-profits; charity foundation; education; underprivileged groups; design thinking

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

- To stay in a local way and really get immersed in the culture and society and learn about their stories;
- To make new and real friends;
- Share my stories and the cultures I know

Interests

• arts
• culture
• books
• literature
• singing
• architecture
• dancing
• meditation
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• mountaineering
• rock climbing
• languages
• philosophy
• psychology
• volunteering
• children
• community
• ngo
• non-formal education
• non-profits
• reading and writing

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
- "The Impossible Will Take A Little While"
- "The Social Construction of Reality"
- "Zen and The Art of Motorbike Maintenance"

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- As a mountaineer, co-led the team to reach summit of snow mountains at the altitude of 6000, 7000, 8000 meters. In 2015, got to the top of Anemaquen which had not been reached in the last 19 years.
- Took a study abroad program in which we travel around the world to 11 countries (North America, Pacific Ocean, Asia, Africa, Europe) on a cruise ship with 700 students, faculties, staffs, lifelong learners and crews from 90 countries. We studied while on sea and explored while in-port.
- Visited more than 40 non-profits organizations and schools while traveling around the world.

Teach, Learn, Share

- Share all stories
- Teach Chinese, dancing, some kinds of volunteering/social work/research skills and people skills
- WANT to learn the local language, education system and non-profits all around the world; all kinds of knowledges and skills.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Chinese, stories, food, social work experience.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, China, Denmark, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Viet Nam, Wales, Western Sahara

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, United Kingdom, United States