About us

Meet Julie, our founder

A mother, a lifelong student, and the story behind a school built to help children learn Chinese extraordinarily fast—and love every minute.

Meet Julie...our founder

Graduated UC Berkeley at 19, and MBA from UChicago Booth School of business, MS.Ed. University of Pennsylvania, Julie set out to conquer the investments world only to find that she would end up giving it all up for... the most IMPORTANT thing in the world...

She had a baby and...

Keep going...

Baby read HUNDREDS of characters by the age of 2...

BECAUSE...

Julie discovered a secret sauce...

AND bought 10,000+ books

Then she had ANOTHER child and did the same...

so she wondered...

What if I could get other kids to learn this FAST too?

which began ...

An exciting concept...

connecting kids globally WHILE...

Learning 500 characters a year FAST...

ALL ONLINE!!!

Julie did another crazy thing...

Keep moving...

She bought 10,000 MORE books.

So now that's 20,000 books...

University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education

got her third degree... won awards. Wharton Innovation Awards, Jacobs Foundation Awards, VIP-X Awards and MORE...

Creating PEOPLE magic.

Students fall in love with Mandarin...

Creating the happiest school for Mandarin on EARTH.

The mission continues—one curious child, one unforgettable class, and one joyful leap at a time.

Come learn with us

A bright little note for curious families.

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