Mingyu (Emily) Zhang is a second-year Master of Environmental Science candidate at Yale’s School of the Environment. She graduated from Xiamen University in China with a major in Marine Science and takes great interest in the marine pollution problem, carbon sequestration and blue carbon ecosystems. Her past experience in popularizing microplastic knowledge has led her to YPCCC, where she will work to coordinate and share posts on Chinese social media platforms to communicate environmental climate issues with the Chinese audience.