Gigi studies Biomedical Science with a Minor in Psychology at the University of Ottawa. She was born and raised in Taiwan (China), then immigrated to Canada with her family in 2012. She is a passionate youth with a vision of embracing multiculturalism and equality in Canada. She enjoys giving back and being involved in her community, where she is a member of the Youth Ottawa’s Youth Advisory Committee, research student at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and currently working at the University of Ottawa International Office as an International Mentor and Lead uOGlobal Ambassador. She represented Canada at the 2018 APEC Voices of the Future at Papua New Guinea. She is also an award-winning entrepreneur, received the 2016 Spirit of the Capital Youth Awards in Entrepreneurship and the 2016 Ontario Summer Company Award, where she started her own company, Gigi’s Pastry. Gigi is passionate about innovating at the intersection of STEM and global affairs to incite positive change in the world.