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The leap of faith: Cissy Wu at TEDxUCIrvine

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Tuesday, November 12th, 2013

Cissy Wu was born in Shanghai, China and came to Chicago in 2010. She is a second year student at UCI, double majoring in Mathematics and Quantitative Economics. In 2013, she founded LEAP with three friends. It is a peer mentor program that helps young international students studying in high schools in the United States overcome difficulties they may encounter in their daily and academic life. Now, LEAP has 20 mentors, studying in various Universities all over the nation.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

The leap of faith: Cissy Wu at TEDxUCIrvine

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