About Crew Members
Founder, Technology Director of ISSEA
Chen Lou
Chen Lou (Chris Lou), a senior at Heathwood Hall Episcopal School in South Carolina, is the founder and director of International Student Security Education Association (ISSEA). Out of his strong interest in computer science, he serves as the technology manager for ISSEA.
Before starting out the program, he created a thorough plan for ISSEA, which aims at helping hundreds and thousands of Chinese students to stay safe while studying abroad.
Chen is not only enthusiastic about what he can do to lead the ISSEA team but also excited at what ISSEA can do to help those in need. With his strong technical and leadership skills, Chen is confident ISSEA becomes a close-knit and professional team. He wishes he can make positive changes for himself, his school, societies, countries and even the whole world.
Zhenyong Yang
Director of News Research Project,
Manager of Comprehensive Information
Zhenyong Yang (Jumbo Yang), a senior at Cheshire Academy in Connecticut, serves as the Direct of News Research Project for ISSEA due to his outstanding skills in gathering information from a variety of sources.
During the program, he assisted the founder of ISSEA, Chris Lou, to establish the ISSEA's official website by providing abundant news articles and pictures regarding safety issues that Chinese students faced overseas.
Yang is especially passionate about the future development of ISSEA. He wishes ISSEA will eventually develop into an important project that can help more students avoiding health risks and safety issues. As Yang continues to improve his skills in information gathering, he will enrich this project with more information and life guides.
Zeyu Li
Director of “Emergency Contacts” Research,
Editor of the ISSEA Official WeChat account
Zeyu Li (Liz Li), a senior at Heathwood Hall Episcopal School in Columbia, South Carolina, is Director of “Emergency Contacts” section and organizer/editor of the ISSEA official WeChat account.
As an international student, I understand how life goes in a foreign country and what I am doing is offering help to the students who are in a similar situation that I have been through.
Love and peace are always part of the main rhythm in ISSEA
Director of ISSEA in Italy
Lai Wei
Wei Lai (Viola Wei), a student at Accademia di Belle Arti Frosinone in Italy. She has a clear life goal to be a great designer. After a few years of art training and Italian learning, now she achieves what she wishes to study abroad. When you are still in China, it's commonly believed that life abroad is relaxed and in freedom. But when she arrived in Italy, she found the contradiction is everywhere. After the different opinions from roommate, different lifestyle from Italian and undesirable living place, the safety issue becomes the major problem in her path of growth. In September 14th, the new policy allows Italy citizens to legally possess firearms to promote economic development. But under the background of European refugees, this policy increases the security risks. So she joined ISSEA in order to communicate with other international students who are in a similar situation and help each other because she understands how hard life could be for everyone who lives abroad.
Hailin Shi
Director of ISSEA in Germany
Hailin Shi, a 20-year-old student at the University of Munich, is a director of ISSEA (International Student Security Education Association) in Germany and assistant of the emergency contact research project.
In recent years, there have been many terrorist attacks or rape cases in Germany. She hopes to do her best to help the compatriots of the motherland to go abroad safely and go home safely.
Lingxuan Xu
Director of ISSEA in the U.K.
Organizer of the ISSEA Official WeChat account
Lingxuan Xu(Gloria Xu), an International Baccalaureate DP programme in the UK. After meeting the founder Chen and finding out the significance of this association, I decided to join the team and made contributions as the director of publicity. Based on my personal interests in Photoshop and Premiere, I work on composing and publishing articles and posts on social media. Living in the UK for the third year has also provided me sufficient experience in overcoming difficulties in daily lives or more critical issues such as adapting ourselves in cultural conflicts. I hope every one of you can be benefited from our association and we are looking forward to having feedbacks from you. If you have any problems with studying abroad, I am always here to help.
Xinyi Lu
Director of ISSEA in Canada,
Assistant Director of Emergency Contact Research Project
Xinyi Lu (Jocelyn Lu), an eighteen-year-old senior student at Bishop’s College School in Canada, is the Assistant Director of Emergency Contact Research Project and the Director of ISSEA in Canada. She has a passion for music, reading and anthropology which leads her to have an interest in human behavior. In her opinion, ISSEA is a great source for Chinese international students to learn about self-defense and build a strong conscious of self-precaution since it is very dangerous for teenagers or young adults to be overseas students. The reason for her to join the organization is that she wants to help numerous Chinese students who are studying abroad just like her to stay safe and know how to protect themselves.
Qingyi Zhang
Director of Drug Protection Research Project,
Organizer of ISSEA in Nanjing, China
Qinyi Zhang (Selina Zhana, an seventeen-year-old senior at Nanjing Foreign Language School, China, is one of the core members of ISSEA (International Student Security Education Association). At the same time, according to her major devotion in publicizing the importance of drug-use problem, she serves as the Director of Drug Protection Research Project of ISSEA. To publicize the concept of “drug-free atmosphere” in the high school, Zhang organized her group members to volunteer in the Anti-drug exhibition hall of Jiangsu. She not only provided information to let people know a profound understanding of anti-drugs, but also introduced this significant concept to the citizens.
Director of ISSEA in Russia
Heng Xu, a student at National Irkutsk University of Technology (иркутский государственный технический университет) in Russia. Having stayed in Russia for two years, he knows the city of Irkutsk (Ирку́тск) as well as knowing his hometown. As he started to fit into Russian culture and society, he realized the huge differences between Chinese culture and Russian culture. Alongside with helping out in ISSEA, he has a great desire to help new Chinese international students in Russia.