Linyue Feng

Women's Economic Empowerment Advocate, Fieldwork-to-Policy Builder, Youth Social Entrepreneur, RDFZ Business Union Founder, RDFZ Student Association Union President 24', Animal Lover, Watermelon's Biggest Fan...

About Me

Hi there! I'm a senior at the High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China, with six years of schooling in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and another six years in Beijing. Shaped by a cross-cultural education, I aim to be a bridge—connecting people, perspectives, and possibilities through empathetic leadership. Explore the other pages to see how I pair equity with execution, turning community needs from women's entrepreneurship to accessibility in everyday products, into practical, measurable change!

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Leadership

Leadership, to me, is creating community. I aim to discover platforms for boosting exploration, belonging, and cooperation.

Business Union

As the founder and leader of RDFZ Business Union, I organized lectures to support our members' in-class AP Microeconomics and Macroeconomics learning, and I regularly shared practice questions through our club WeChat group. We also hosted a range of forums and activities, inviting teachers (including our school economics teachers), students who wanted to present topics they were passionate about, joining school club festivals, and professionals in the field (such as Columbia Business School alumni). Our goal was to create an open platform that gives everyone an equal opportunity to learn, speak, and exchange ideas. In addition, we share daily business updates through our official WeChat channel, and we encourage club members to publish business-related content on topics they're most interested in. Last but definitely not least, you can also find us on LinkedIn.

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A few pictures from club activities.

Student Association Union

The first year after COVID restrictions eased, campus life had to be rebuilt. As President of the Student Association Union, I helped restart the building process that kept ~200 clubs across RDFZ's three branches functioning. Using clearer policies for forming and sustaining clubs, smoother registration and event approvals, and more consistent communication through official WeChat channels and digital tools, so student leaders weren't lost in confusion. Our Union also organized school-wide Autumn and Spring Club Festivals, coordinating logistics, promotion, and cross-campus collaboration so clubs could recruit, showcase their work, and make campus feel alive again. Beyond clubs, I helped out with other campus activities whenever planning and building needed a steady hand. The most rewarding moment came later, when I realized the school had implemented the proposal I'd written months earlier to digitize club management. The campus website now has a dedicated portal where students and faculty can log in, browse every club's mission, and track upcoming events, a quiet sign that the structures I built kept helping people even after I stepped away.

There were soooo many people at the first club festival after COVID.

Reforming Sanitary Napkins for Digitally Impaired Women

Leading my first long-term project has been a two-year journey in high school, and one I plan to continue. In 2023, my team and I noticed that sanitary pad packaging lacked braille labeling, limiting blind women's independence in a basic daily need. As the first group around us to push for reform, I wrote to our school to formally introduce our team and project, then organized interviews with the Beijing School for the Blind by drafting questions and turning their feedback into clear design requirements.

From there, I led our research and design process, submitting a full set of deliverables (research report, PPT, product video, and poster) and advancing to the national round; after our demo and defense, we reached the global stage, and our paper was included in a digital library. Together, we sketched and refined five packaging prototypes, produced layouts and technical drawings, and created 30+ 3D use-state visuals with a teammate. To ensure the impact lasted, I collaborated with an IP agency and monitored the patent filing from June 2024 to April 2025. This patent was granted on "Sanitary Pad Packaging Kit for the Visually Impaired" by the China National Intellectual Property Administration, Patent App. NO.: 202430520604.3. Afterwards, we donated pads to the school of the blind, so the project ended where it began. I learned and grew within this community by gradually discovering my friends and passions.

Interview at Beijing School of the Blind

Interview at the Beijing School of the Blind.

Regional-national-global round of China Thinks Big. After finishing this project, we donated braille pads and received a patent.

Hunan, China: girls in STEM digitalization and field research with female entrepreneurs

Pictures from my journey in Chengbu, Hunan.

My mom's workplace has supported poverty-alleviation efforts in places including Chengbu County, Hunan Province. When I told her I wanted to contribute too, it felt like a coincidence that I soon discovered the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) had a Her X Digital Future program, so I registered. That decision brought me to "fight" for closing the digital divide. I designed and taught a 25-hour STEM-focused digital course for ethnic minority teenage girls, making technology feel practical as a tool for school, for confidence, and for imagining options beyond what they'd been told was possible. Later, using STEM to solve their community issues of keeping girls in school. To understand what would actually help, I later visited students' homes and facilitated round-table conversations about their daily lives. In Hunan, I also had field interviews with rural women entrepreneurs. Listening to their journeys, professional barriers, and the socio-economic pressures that shape "entrepreneurship" in low-income contexts. Conversations with local officials helped me evaluate existing support policies, and what stayed with me most was the gap between policy design and lived reality—something I want to enhance in the future.

Academics

Competitions and researches brought me to amazing scholar perspectives, students my age with the same passion, and helped me discover my academic interests. I learned that I can be super dedicated to topics I'm curious about.

Awards

Business Union Scoring 1st (screenshot from 2nd semester)

John Locke Politics Q3: Diversity is fashionable, but is it valuable?

From April 18 to June 30, 2025, I conducted an intensive research and writing process that involved consulting 13 scholarly sources. Most sources I used are research mainly from business and political perspectives. Through this journey, I gained a clearer understanding of whether "diversity" is empirically testable, the balance between unity with diversity, and how meritocratic ideals can conflict or collaborate with diversity goals. The rigor of academic writing pushed me to move beyond my instinct of saying "Yes" to the question and evaluate diversity as a complex, evidence-based debate. Whenever I had a new claim, I would keep trying to find an opposing perspective to debate with myself. This process of evaluating the pros and cons and self-debates really helped me gain a stronger critical thinking ability. As I concluded, "In conclusion, while diversity, at times, is regarded as fashionable, without proper design and conscientious application, it fails to effect real change; the value of diversity is conditional upon how it is utilised."

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Research paper: The Impact of Different Anchoring Methods of Various Market Products on Consumption Behaviors

From Nov 2023 to Aug 2024, I joined an academic research program and focused on Behavioral Economics. With lectures and 1-on-1 mentorship from a professor at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, I designed and ran a three-treatment survey on anchoring effects and consumption behavior with 210 participants, then used Stata to analyze the results through linear regressions and rank-sum tests. Writing my first formal 7,000-word research paper, grounded on 25 scholarly sources, was both intimidating and empowering. It taught me how to move from discovering an interesting question to a testable design, and from messy data to a defensible claim, while staying honest about limitations. After grading by teachers, I earned an A+ based on participation, presentations/quizzes, a midterm topic proposal, the final paper, and an oral defense, and was awarded the Yuanpei Young Scholar (top 10%); my economics paper was the only one selected (1/~60, ~top 5% of Yuanpei) for publication in Young Scholars Academic Vol. 7. This "first time" experience was very encouraging and exciting for me, and I can't wait for future research opportunities in University/College!

On page 147 of the PDF version of the Young Scholars Academic Journal Vol. 7.

Founding Mother, Original Oratory

From December 2024 to February 2025, I dedicated crafting a 1,500-word original oratory titled Founding Mother for the WeSchool Speech & Debate Association (WSDA) Original Oratory competition. The draft started as the best speech in my AP Language and Composition class through class voting at the beginning of the school year. After adding insights from my interviews with female entrepreneurs in Hunan to the draft, and landed on calling to recognize overlooked female pioneers. I first won Regional Gold and advanced to the WSDA Winternational [sic] Championship, then revised my speech rigorously based on judge feedback, strengthening its specificity and emotional arc by weaving in more vivid anecdotes, and ultimately earned the National Silver Medal. This speech began as a desire to amplify unheard voices in the 3 minutes in English class, but through the iterative writing process and feedback, it transformed into a 10-minute storytelling. It helped me refine my purpose as a speaker who can leverage my voice to shed light on overlooked heroes in academic and community spaces alike.

Hobbies

When I share my work, the solitude of my workshop transforms into connection. Photos and progress posts spark conversations with other artists, each exchange shaping how I see my creations. The feedback I receive often becomes collaboration, and my works, once private reflections of my mood, become bridges to a broader community of people who share the same passion.

Ball Joint Doll Collection (part)

Meet some of my Ball Joint Dolls! They begin as a blank page (3D printed resin), waiting for me to bring them to life. With paints, pencils, and brushes, I give them expressive eyes, warm cheeks, and a distinct personality. After adding a mohair wig, a handmade outfit, and a vivid character backstory, the doll seems to take its first breath.

Sang Soprano I in school chorus.

I've been in chorus since first grade; every chorus team I'm in is one of my families.

This is our 25th Student Art Exhibition School Chorus, and I'm eighth from the left.

This is our 24th Student Art Exhibition School Chorus, and I'm third from the left.

Arts & Music

Current finished and unfinished work. I do oil and digital painting.

I play piano solo, and join performances and competitions. In the picture are some paper certificates that I could find, probably more in a box that I couldn't locate. Fun fact about me, my English name before 10th grade was Linda.

I also love sewing and making things by hand. I've been getting better at making little handmade animals. Recently, I even received a sewing machine.

Sports

Learned many different types of Chinese traditional dances, but I'd say I'm not the best dancer.

Though I'm afraid of heights, I just keep testing my limits with rope climbing.

Skiing for two or three days is something I do for most winter breaks.

Before COVID, I went to the golf course every weekend and even notched a few birdies. My golf clubs are still at a friend's place in Maryland, waiting for me to pick them up.