AWARDS

• Champion, Los Angeles County Mock Trial (2024) – Top team out of 94 competitors in the U.S.'s most populous County

• 1st Place – Southern California Debate League in Parliamentary Debate (May 2024) (Out of 23 schools)

• Gold Key in Scholastic Art and Writing Awards – Sculpture (January 2025)

• Governor's Medallion, California's Highest Arts Honor for Students, while attending the selective California State Summer School of the Arts as a High School Freshman  (July 2024)

• Official Selection- All American High Film Festival 2025- Short Film-  [For Freedom]

• Bronze Winner, Best Child/Young Actress – Independent Shorts Awards- Short Film-  [For Freedom] ( November 2024)

• IndieX Film Festival Finalist Nominee – Recognized as both writer and lead actress for Short Film- [For Freedom] (October 2024)

• Honorable Mentions in Scholastic Art & Writing Awards – Mixed Media + Fiction Writing (March 2024), Personal Memoir + Short Film + Painting + Sculpture (January 2025)

• Honorable Mention in National History Day History Paper Contest- California (March 2025)

• Recognition in LA Science Fair in Ecology Division (March 2025)

• College Board National Top School Recognition (August 2025)

• AP Scholar & School Dean's List

 

LEADERSHIP

• Director of Community Affairs, June 4th Museum-June 2025 - Present 

  • jinian64.org

• Founder of NGO, Voices United for Change, 

  • https://www.voices-united.org/ 

• School Leadership Program, PAC / Officer- Founder, leader of school Mural Program and Held a leadership position in the school arts community, overseeing visual arts programs and building local partnerships as a branch officer-  August 2024- Present 

• NACLO Club/ President- Computational Linguistics Club

• Human Right Club/Communication Officer 

 

ACTIVITIES

Speech and Debate   Oct 2021 - May 2025

• Compete in 3 events: Informative and Original Oratory (deliver a 10 minute speech on a topic of your choice) and Parliamentary (debate on a given topic)

• Research a multitude of topics to formulate speeches and rebuttals in debate rounds

 

Mock Trial, Expert Witness               Oct 2023 - Present 

• Attended regional and state competitions, involving simulated legal cases. 

• Played the role of expert witness, bringing in key facts in the case and other relevant evidence

• Learned about court legal system procedures and decorum

 

Farra & Wang Law Firm Internship

• Organized company timesheets using Microsoft Excel, Timely, Clio, and Microsoft Sharepoint

• Listened in and took notes during client calls and calls between attorneys

• Fixed technical difficulties and printing machines 

 

School Yearbook Editor- August 2025 to Present

 

Satirical School Newsletter/Editor-Big Bad-August 2024 to Present

 

Human Rights/Political Research – Yellowbird Operation

• Authored memoir (May 2024); submitted to Scholastic, awarded Honorable Mention
   

• Expanded into research history paper (February 2025); submitted to National History Day, awarded Honorable Mention
   

• Conducted additional interviews (Aug 2025); submitted revised research to The Concord Review (pending, revisions possible)

 

VOLUNTEERING 

• Director of Community Affairs, June 4th Museum-June 2025 - Present 

• USC Keck Arcadia Hospital         December 2024 - Present

  • Highly competitive volunteer program, requiring candidates to go through multiple interview rounds

  • Interact with healthcare professionals and visitors within the hospital-December 2024 to Present

• USC Pacific Art Museum, Armory Center for Art

  • Led art classes for young children in a volunteer capacity. Engaged with attendees to promote survey participation at Lunar Year celebrations and special events-2024 to Present

 

SUMMER PROGRAMS

• CSSSA (California State Summer School For The Arts)-Governor Summer School   Summer 2024 

  • Selective summer program (<15%)

  • Awarded a Governor's Medallion, the highest arts award in California for students

  • Received three semester units of California State University course credit

• Global Health Leadership Conference, Johns Hopkins University   Summer 2024

  • Selective summer program (<10%)

  • Gained GHLA achievement certification

• Iowa Young Writer Studio 6 Week Online Writing Program               Summer 2025

• LA County Junior Public Defender Program   Summer 2025

• Columbia Symposium Summer Online Program   Summer 2025

 

PUBLICATIONS

• Polyphony Lit (Expected Spring 2026)

  • Selected as a cover Artwork/Sculpture “Voice Unbound”

• China Spring Magazine (February 18 2025)

  • “China and the US both say the other is winning the propaganda war. Is either right?” https://chinaspring.org/article/8b9ffc8c-ccbd-4b6f-a801-cf5a07b43c3c

• Celebrating Art - Artwork/Upsidedown was published on Celebrating Art Magazine 2024

 

INTERVIEWS & SPEECHES

Ella has been speaking at various events to bring up more awareness of her grandpa’s case

• September 23rd, 2024, Ella was an invited speaker in Capitol Hill.Topic of the conference: Communist China at 75 years: A Review of Its Human Rights Practices and Policy Response from the US. This speech garnered over 115,000 views https://x.com/shengxue_ca/status/1838247101211328784?s=46

• December 27th, 2024, Ella was Interviewed by Voice of America for speaking about the global campaign to rescue grandpa. The video had over 317.4k viewers https://x.com/VOAChinese/status/1873381763277545551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1873381763277545551%7Ctwgr%5E0f9ae70d4ce644812294276d75ded7dbeb2c44e0%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.voachinese.com%2Fa%2Foverseas-chinese-launched-rescue-wang-bingzhang-movement%2F7917016.html

• January 19th, 2025, Ella was interviewed by Radio Taiwan International-Government-owned station, speaking about her Grandfather’s case. She urged the president in Taiwan to help the release of her grandfather.