Xing (Wade) Tong is originally from China where he spent his first 20 years. His love for school has taken him across the world starting at the University of Liverpool in the UK where he finished a bachelor degree in Telecommunication Engineering. He then decided to come to the U.S. to further his education and achieved his first Master's Degree from the University of Minnesota in Human Resource and Labor Relations. After graduating from Minnesota, Wade decided to come to Lansing, MI where he had an internship and started working on his second Master's Degree in the College of Science, majoring in Computer Science from the University of Michigan Flint. He also has a passion for inter-cultural exchanges. His life's journey has helped him realize the importance of empathy and communication between different cultures. He is now with Michigan Business Network helping develop content that shows the positive exchange of activities between US and China.