Theme: TEDxYouth@BWYA

TEDxYouth@BWYA is hosted by Beijing World Youth Academy (BWYA), shares the idea from BWYA teachers and students on three topics: power of individuality, culture in a diverse society, break down cultural norms.

Performing Arts & Athletic Centre
11 Xin BeI Lu
Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100083
China

Dari Temutsilekhu

Student

Dari Temutsilekhu. 17 years old. Third-Culture child. Proud of being diverse and inclusive. These are just a few words to describe me. I am proud to be sharing my story and hopeful in inspiring others through this talk.

Junwen Ding

Student

Junwen (Jenny) Ding explores the origin of shame culture and the effect of shame on individual behavior.

Lloyd Handy

English Teacher + DJ, electronic music producer

“Lloyd Handy has been teaching overseas in India and now China for 5 years as a high school and middle school English teacher. He has been involved in music for over ten years including as a radio DJ, member of several bands both electronic and rock, and continues to produce music and DJ as a hobby with a large and growing collection of vinyl records. He enjoys traveling, literature, education, and constant music."

Ralf Mayenberger

TCK parent and researcher

Many Expat stories start with an interesting twist. I am one of these stories. I came to China 10 years ago; the plan was to stay for one. I am still here. Even weirder, I was an unplanned side project of an interdisciplinary waste water project between my universities in Germany and China. I met my wife in China, also an expat; she’s from the Philippines, I’m from Germany. We married in Hong Kong and work at international schools in Beijing. Our children are born in China and go to an international school. These circumstances got me interested in Third Culture Kids and since then I have arranged my studies around this topic. It started with a simple paper about TCKs, then another, then some simple research and empirical studies. This TEDx-Talk builds on this interest and the second part draws from an empirical study conducted in December 2017.

Wendi Fan

Student

Wendy Fan advocates that considering the role of power of individualities in the modern world and believes that everyone has their own power.

Yuxing Li

Student

I am a student in BWYA with a few expectations of change.