Zhenyu Yang received his bachelor's degree in economics from Case Western Reserve University. During his internship in Guangdong, China, he researched how to break the vicious cycle of low wages and employee motivation by reestablishing corporate management structures. Zhenyu speaks English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and a dialect from the Hunan region of China. He hopes to research key issues such as economic inequality and the gap between the rich and the poor. Zhenyu was the president of a dance club in high school. He is from Guangdong, China.