Education. Research. Teaching.

Yuxi (Leo) Wen [pronounciation: yuu-shee when] is an education specialist based in Beijing, China. He is currently a research assisant at the Chinese Institute for Education Finance Research. Specifically, he focuses on researching China’s education finance at the compulsory education level. 

Before this, he was a mathematics teacher licensed by the United States, an intern at UNESCO’s International Institute for Educational Planning, and a trainee at Czech Republic’s Ministry of Education.

With a passion for education, teaching, and research, Leo thinks and writes about issues in the general field of education. He is an advocate for education access and equality.

Leo holds a B.S. in Education Studies, Mathematics, and Child Studies from Vanderbilt University (United States) and a M.Sc. in Education from the University of Oxford (United Kingdom).