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Western Academy of Beijing
10 Lai Guang Ying Dong Road
Chaoyang District
Beijing, Beijing, 100102
China

Aiden Zhou

Grade 8 student

Aiden Zhou is an eighth-grade student from the United States. He enjoys mathematics and computer programming competitions. Recently, he came to the revelation that most people are surprisingly underinformed regarding computer programming – which led me to want to clear up any misconceptions there might be about this subject.

Alaz Erdem

Grade 8 student

Alaz Erdem is an eighth-grade Turkish student who was born in Germany and attends the Western Academy of Beijing. He considers himself a third-culture kid. He identifies as a "Blueprint." “This means I’m not much, yet, but I’m still developing and working on who I am and who I want to be.” He is interested in the Arts, specifically visual arts, music and photography.

Amelia Lee

Grade 10 student

Amelia Lee is a grade 10 student from Los Angeles, CA, and attends the Western Academy of Beijing. She has been drawing ever since she could hold a crayon and scribble on her homework. Nowadays, she loves to create exciting and purposeful stories and characters in her free time through traditional and digital media.

Cindy Suryadi

Grade 9 student

Cindy Suryadi is a ninth-grade student from Indonesia and attends the Western Academy of Beijing. She is interested in issues of diversity and cultural representation.

Jayo Johnston

Grade 8 Student

Hello there! I am a thirteen-year-old from the United States. I enjoy the outdoors, being with my family, and being productive. I currently attend the Western Academy of Beijing in China.

Jeff Su

Grade 7 student

Jeff Su is a Canadian sixth-grade student at the Western Academy of Beijing. He is a big sports enthusiast and in his free time, he plays hockey and golf.

Jeremy Azzopardi

Grade 9 student

Jeremy Azzopardi is a ninth-grade student at the Western Academy of Beijing and is originally from Malta. Politics, economics and the environment are subjects he is hugely passionate about, and he is particularly intrigued by how they all overlap.

Kristina Krajnović

Grade 9 student

Kristina Krajnović is in grade nine and is originally from Zagreb, Croatia. She enjoys film, reading and fixing people’s spelling of her (first and) last name.

Mia Ma

Grade 9 student

Mia Ma is a ninth-grader from Beijing, China. She identifies as a music enthusiast, and someone who can’t say no to new opportunities.

Noa Hottin

Grade 7 Student

Noa Hottin is a seventh-grader at the Western Academy of Beijing. He considers himself an environmentalist and cares deeply about topics like climate change.