Valentina Zhu Yang

Valentina is reading for an MSc in Latin American Studies at St. Antony's College, Oxford University. Born and raised in Venezuela. She studied for her Bachelor of International Economics and Trade in China. In the meantime, she also completed the Future Business Leaders Programme from Girton College, University of Cambridge. She researched the investment banking industry's strategic management and how transnational organizations function.

Before Oxford, Valentina worked at the European Chamber of Commerce in China, an NGO aiming to improve European companies' market access and operating conditions. During this role, she was involved in policy workshops for the manufacturing group. Valentina is also listed as the Global Youth Ambassador at the Social Impact Investment & Sustainability Annual Conference (SIISC). She works on promoting sustainable development awareness.

Her research interests mainly lie at the intersection of economic politics and international relations. She looks at the innovation of developmental policies and projects for fostering Latin American countries.