Team

Yingjing Deng – Executive Director

Yingjing Deng works as the senior program manager at MIT and serves as the President of the Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association. She has over ten years’ experience in communications, media, and project management. She is a storyteller, a news/ documentary/ visual art producer, and an author.

Before studying and working at Harvard, she served as the correspondent/chief editor/chief producer for two leading media groups (Phoenix and Sina) in China. She is passionate about uncovering the truth, giving the voiceless a voice through the power of storytelling, as well as empowering refugees, immigrants and children worldwide.

Since 2015, She has initiated several non-profit projects to support the education of orphans in Cambodia and Syrian refugee children and youths in Lebanon. She holds an MC/MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School.

Cecilia Cartling Wallen – Program Associate

Cecilia Cartling Wallen works as a Communications Officer with the World Bank. Prior to joining the World Bank, she gained experience from the international development and nonprofit sectors through a role as data and digitalization consultant for the Dutch company Data4Development, working to improve digitalization in nonprofits. She has also served as a membership manager and organizational development specialist for the Swedish National Fundraising Association.

Cecilia holds an MSc in International Development and Management and a BA in Human Rights, both from Lund University in Sweden.