Xiaoyue Gong, Double Major in Honors Math and Interactive Media Arts. Study Away Site: New York

This semester, I got a job as a teaching assistant for the Web Development and Programming class under the Computer Science department at Courant. This position is perfect because an international student like me wouldn't be able to legally work outside of campus, and being a TA helps me brush up on my web-developing skills. Meanwhile, after finding out about the abundance of entrepreneurship opportunities at NYU, I just couldn't get rid of the idea of building a startup upon a tech product I built last semester at NYUShanghai. I invited three friends to participate in two entrepreneurship competitions with me. Our team (Yuting Gong, Yu Zhou and Andrew Chee) was recently awarded Best Overall Venture in the Reynolds Changemaker Challenge. Read more here!