YuYing has a Bachelor of Cognitive and Brain Sciences, and has worked various jobs including as a ceramics teacher, product manager, technical business analyst, content developer at EY, and outside of summer months, tutors the IB subjects of Computer Science and Design Technology. Her interest in international affairs and policy was spearheaded when she attended UWC Adriatic in Italy, and cybersecurity when taking an introductory pen-testing course. She has recently moved from her home-country of Australia to Italy.