My Journey

From China to America. I didn't arrive with all the answers — I arrived with questions.

The beginning

China — Middle School

The world I grew up in: a familiar system, familiar routines, and a clear idea of what school was supposed to look like.

The move

A New Country

A new language. A new culture. A completely different education system — all at once.

Day one

The First Day

A new school, new faces, and a schedule I didn't fully understand yet.

The questions

What does all this mean?

GPA. Credits. Honors. AP. Counselors. A-G. The answers existed — but they were scattered everywhere, and I didn't even know which questions to ask.

One answer at a time

Learning

Asking one question. Then another. Then another. Slowly, the system started to make sense.

Now

Verge Lab

Documenting everything I learn, so the next student's journey can be a little easier than mine.

“Verge Lab isn't a story about having all the answers. It's a story about learning how to find them.”

A note on this page: the full, first-person version of this story is being written by the founder herself — in her own words, from her own experience. It will replace this outline once it's ready.

You don't have to figure it out alone.

That's the whole reason Verge Lab exists.

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