Larry Rosenstock

School Advisor

Larry Rosenstock is CEO and founding principal of High Tech High, a network of sixteen K-12 public charter schools in California, and is the Special Advisor to the President of the HTH Graduate School of Education. Larry taught carpentry in urban high schools in Boston and Cambridge and was principal of the Rindge School of Technical Arts, and of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. A member of the Massachusetts and U.S. Supreme Court Bars, he served as an attorney at the Harvard Center for Law and Education, and was an instructor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and at the University Of California at Berkeley. He directed the federal New Urban High School Project. Larry and his work have been featured on Oprah, Lehrer, Newsweek, and Forbes. He is a winner of the Ford Foundation Innovations in State and Local Government Award, is an Ashoka Fellow, was awarded the McGraw Prize in Education and is the 2019 World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Laureate.

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Andrew Kwan

School Supervisor

Andrew has a BA in Economics from Harvard University and two Masters degrees from Stanford University in Computer Science and Management Science & Engineering. He founded Outwhiz, an adaptive online and mobile education platform for K-12 students, with a mission to create math practice programs that both students and parents would love. Andrew is a pioneer in applying technology to improve education. In addition to Outwhiz, he founded Edore, an open, online education platform to help students connect learning with their real lives and interests.

Previously, he was in charge of software performance at Yahoo's homepage and built various software systems at SugarSync. He is currently a Strategic Advisor and Venture Partner of CoCoon, and the Founder and CEO of Delight Global, which focuses on using voice assistant technology to improve business functionality. Andrew is also President of the Stanford Club of Hong Kong and Advisory Council Member of the Stanford Bing Overseas Studies Program.

Li Ping

School Advisor

Li Ping is the Vice Principal of Chinese Program at UWC Changshu, China. She graduated in 1982 from Xiamen University and worked at the Chinese Language and Literature Department for 13 years as an Assistant Lecturer and later as a Lecturer. From 1995 to 2015, Li taught different courses including IBDP Chinese A Literature, Chinese A Literature & Language, and Chinese B at Li Po Chun UWC Hong Kong.

Li Ping is accredited by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) as a Senior Examiner in the subject of Chinese A. In recent years, she has hosted training workshops for teachers on behalf of the IBO, covering both Chinese A and Chinese B curricula. She recently co-authored and published an IB Chinese A Literature reference series of three books, and in 2013, was named an "Outstanding Educator" by the University of Chicago. Li Ping was also voted "Most Influential International School Principal" in mainland China in 2017.

Dee Poon

Innovation Advisor

Dee Poon graduated from Harvard College with a BA in philosophy. She is currently the Managing Director of Brands and Distribution at Esquel Group and is actively engaged with renowned arts institutions around the world. Dee is a board member of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (Hong Kong) and a member of the International Council of the Tate (London) and The Museum of Modern Art (New York). She also serves on the Board of Directors of the China Arts Foundation (Beijing & New York). In 2014, Dee was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and designated a Fellow of Aspen Institute’s China Fellowship Program. Her 42-second short film “An Exercise in Futility,” shot as part of 42x42, was screened at the Beijing International Film Festival as well as the Cannes Film Festival.

Larry Rosenstock - Our Advisors

Larry Rosenstock

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Andrew Kwan

Li Ping

Dee Poon

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