Our Team

Kevin Yu, currently a Pickering College student in Grade 12.

As an ambitious and a passionate CYFA member, I dedicate myself in pursuing both non-academic and academic goals. Since grade 10, I’ve been a vice president of an online club which teaches its members the ethics of video editing and programming. During those days, I’ve learned to utilise the skills I’ve learnt to teach other students my knowledge. In addition, I enrich my life with various extracurricular activities such as competitive tennis, golf and competitive swimming. During the CYFA events I demonstrate skills in leadership and communication to help my peers in expressing their ideas and thoughts. In the future, I am determined to have my own startup that focuses on game development and graphic design.

Edward Li is currently a grade 12 student studying at Bayview Glen

Edward’s intuitive thinking and open mindset allows him to connect with various individuals. He’s kind and considerate of others. Edward is also extremely passionate about his interests.              

Edward has varying physical activities that he enjoys outside of school. At CYFA Edward hopes to bring awareness to the talents of others whilst always reminding them what they are capable of.

Roy Feng is a Year 10 student at Upper Canada College who is an aspiring leader. Roy is dedicated and passionate about music production and competitive sports. Roy spends his time as a competitive volleyball player, creating graphic designs, honing his music production skills, and most importantly serving the community. Roy has also branched out in the field of music production by leading the UCC Music Production Club. 

Roy was the Head Prefect for Northmount School, acting as a leader and role model to his fellow students. He used this opportunity to lead students to participate in the school fundraising event and raise money to improve the school. Roy also served as the Volleyball team captain and led his team to be Champions in the SSAF league across the GTA. Furthermore, at Upper Canada College, Roy was once again named captain of the U16 volleyball team which recently won Silver at the CISAA championships. Roy is seen as a respected student leader in his school and uses his leadership skills to serve his community.

Grade 11 student at HSC with knowledge in marketing and computer science.
Seeking to apply and further develop these skills as an executive member of the
SMC team. Will leverage proven experience in social media marketing, Python
and Java to contribute to organization goals and needs.

Yiting He. Currently a first year student study in University of Toronto.

Yiting is a enthusiastic person who likes to helping others and doing volunteer works. She joined the dance clubs in the school, and she was a teaching assistant which helps the JKSK students learn how to read and write Chinese well. In addition, she also did volunteering jobs helping the MD candidate during the election period. She has large experience of assisting with groups and helping with people.

She likes to taking photos outside of the school, and she took a lot of photographs and edited some videos for her classmate and family members. Because of this hobby, she became the vice minister of propaganda when she is in grade 10 in the youth foundation division of Saskatchewan. Then she did a good job with helping out the works.

Stephen PangShi is currently a St Michael’s College School student in Grade 9.

Stephen, being an upbeat young man, is always on the lookout for the good in everything he encounters. He is kind and compassionate, and he enjoys smiling. He appreciates assisting those who are in need. When given a task, he is responsible and cooperative, and he consistently exceeds people’s expectations.

Stephen also enriches his life with a wide variety of extracurricular activities. In CYFA, he hopes to meet other students from the community and lead them towards a beneficial platform that will have a positive impact on their way to success.

My name is Grace (Huixin) Wang, and I am currently a sophomore student attending
Ancaster High School in Ancaster, Ontario.
I am the founder and president of my school’s Fashion Club and am currently running it. Our
goal is to show students the significance of fashion in our world. Alongside that, we also sew
and knit and are hoping to organize an annual fashion show at the end of each school year.
We are donating the knitted items to charities in need of them. I also am the owner of an
online clothing business on a platform called Depop. There, I sell thrift-flipped clothes and
am hoping to make it an official brand one day selling clothes that I have made. I have also
written fashion columns for my school’s newspaper club and hope to be more involved with
my school community in the future as well.
I am very detail-oriented and passionate about anything I do; whether that be with my
hobbies, at school, or managing my shop. I hope that one day, I can influence people with
what I do and make a difference.

Chi He (Kate). Currently a first year student studying at the Earl Haig Secondary School.

Chi is a girl with highly skilled in doing arts. She also likes volunteering during the outside of the school, tried to volunteer to help others. She did volunteer jobs helping the MD candidate during the election period.

She is a person with personality. She likes painting very much and will try to design some works. She also likes to look at other people’s paintings as a reference to draw people.

Justin Zhang is currently a 12th-grade student pursuing the full IB diploma program at Sir Winston Churchill High School In Calgary, Alberta.

Apart from engaging in rigorous academics, Justin also enriches his student life through an array of extracurricular activities. He is a devoted business enthusiast as well as a creative musician. During the winter, he also becomes a capable ski instructor. He even keeps a batch of tropic tarantulas as exotic pets.

At CYFA, Justin hopes to connect with and demonstrate his leadership skills alongside other youth leaders from across the country. Through this nationwide platform, Justin wishes to spread his passion for the flairs of extracurricular life and vision for business for all youths whom he reaches.

Hello, I am Ernest(Zhexian) Zhang. I like playing basketball, reading and listening to music. I know how to play the piano and many kinds of chess as well. I have gotten good grades since my primary school. I was the Deputy squad leader in my class, and I was always in the first three in my class in grade, and the first twenty in the whole grade. After I graduated from my primary school, I went to Nanjing Foreign Language school, which is the best middle school in Nanjing. I stayed in the NFLS for 2 years, then I came to Moose Jaw in Canada in January, 2020. And now I am in grade 10 in Luther College High School. I spent only 1 year to pass the EAL courses and I got in the first 5% in the Beaver Computing Challenge(BCC) maths contest in recent days.

My name is Jingdan(Amy)Zhang. I am the CYFA President of Saskatoon. In May 2018, I recruited CYFA members in Saskatoon and divided them into three departments: Planning, Organization ,and Communications. With the cooperation of the three ministers, we organized many public welfare activities. For example, in October 2018, I led the MEMBERS of CYFA in a New Year’s party with the University of Saskatchewan Student Union and 14 saskatoon companies. The program arrangement and stage arrangement for the party were all done by ourselves. Fourteen companies contributed, and our campaign brought the audience to more than 500.In the December 2018 Business Competition, our entry was invited to a road show at the University of Calgary.In August 2019, all CYFA members participated in the saskatoon FolkFest volunteer service. In April 2020, we donated 1,000 masks to Circle Drive Special Care Home. Currently, CYFA is recruiting new members in Saskatoon and Regina. Now, there are 62 members in total. I will continue to lead CYFA members in volunteer activities in the future.

I am studying Grade 9 in Evan Hardy Collegiate. My hobbies include reading, dancing, singing, drawing, and playing games. I enjoy swimming, badminton, volleyball, and basketball. Some activities that I joined include Five day clubs, Club DJ, Folk festival in Saskatoon, Spring Festival Gala in Saskatoon, Joined Cadet Canada. I am good at, learning things fast, having a good response capability, and having a good problem solving ability.

My name is Barton Chen I am a warm and outgoing boy, I am a grade 7 student at W.S. Hawrylak. I am now 13 years old. I usually play sports such as hockey, basketball. I also good at tenor and still learning how to play guitar. I have a cheerful personality，I like to make friends with the people I know, I often help each other with my friends. I would love to become the president and I will do my best to prevent my friends in the foundation and together we will Successful completion of all activities.

In my spare time, apart from helping my parents with housework every day, I also often help my parents take care of the shop together.  I like to watch all kinds of creations and inventions and all kinds of knowledge around the world on the computer. I also like to make something by hand. The greeting cards that I give to my parents and classmates every year are made by myself. I will make them every week.  Making a different pastry, I like listening to music, singing and dancing, and I have been playing roller skating for six years.  I also like to read all kinds of literature books. I often tell my classmates and friends a variety of Chinese stories. My friends and classmates like me very much.  But I also often find that the design of many daily necessities in life is actually unreasonable. I want to make something by myself to make up for these small defects in life and make people’s lives more perfect and happier.

Miranda is a second-year student studying Economics at UC Berkeley. Through her work at CYFA, Miranda has created a community of students volunteering their time across Canada.

She has gained valuable management experience and continues to grow the Association and host events to motivate people her age and younger. Her goal is to lead for positive impacts and bring greater access, agency, and excellence to the community. She believes in using education and abilities to encourage human connections and create a better understanding of the great world we live in.

Justin Zhang is currently a 12th-grade student pursuing the full IB diploma program at Sir Winston Churchill High School In Calgary, Alberta.

Apart from engaging in rigorous academics, Justin also enriches his student life through an array of extracurricular activities. He is a devoted business enthusiast as well as a creative musician. During the winter, he also becomes a capable ski instructor. He even keeps a batch of tropic tarantulas as exotic pets.

At CYFA, Justin hopes to connect with and demonstrate his leadership skills alongside other youth leaders from across the country. Through this nationwide platform, Justin wishes to spread his passion for the flairs of extracurricular life and vision for business for all youths whom he reaches.

Bruce Wu is a grade 11 student in West Point Grey Academy in Vancouver, BC. 

He is a self-motivated student with outstanding leadership. As a detail-oriented perfectionist who values quality over quantity, Bruce sets realistic goals in the completion of her work in order to meet short deadlines.  He is ambitious but not pretentious, self-affecting yet confident, and delightfully irreverent but appropriately respectful. He is fully capable of achieving anything he sets his mind to and will contribute positively to whatever it may be. In addition, being a critical thinker further allows him to thoroughly weigh the advantages and disadvantages of a decision, making him an all-rounded and efficient worker.

Through the deep involvement in Canadian Youth Funding Association, Bruce hopes he can motivate more youth to contribute to their community. He will be in charge of organizing large and influential charity events as the CYFA-UNICEF Ambassador .

Sophia Shi is  a grade 11 student at Lord Byng secondary school, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Besides her apparent leadership qualities, Sophia is also passionate about the arts which is demonstrated by her achievements in many areas of the fine arts-music and fashion. Sophia plays 6 instruments: flute, drum kit, violin, guitar, piano and guzheng, and did traditional Chinese dance for over 12 years, hip-hop and jazz for over 6 years. Since then, she has completed her level 10 traditional Chinese dance exam, voice exam, level 8 theory exam and got first place in many international competitions including Ipop Los Angeles, Star of China 2016, and was featured on Sohu and People’s Daily Online China. Sophia continues artistic collaboration at school through singing at chamber choir and performing with the dance team.  

Outside of school, she is an international fashion model and brand ambassador. After becoming the youngest model of Vancouver Fashion week at the age of 11 in 2017, she walked for many international runways, has over 10 publications including British Vogue, Vogue Mexico, Xinhua News and Vogue China. Sophia thinks that fashion itself is also a type of art and performance that makes people feel confident about themselves or aspire to present a different aspect of their personality.

He Jiaoge (Jiao Gebaola, HE) was born in Vancouver, Canada when she was 15 years old. She grew up in Beijing, Los Angeles, and Vancouver, Canada.  Volunteer work organized by school community organizations in China.  I have a wide range of personal hobbies: painting, Chicago, modeling, singing and dancing, hosting, artistic performances, etc.; I am a generally versatile and versatile beautiful girl and a small and energetic potential model in Vancouver… At the same time, I am a young elite team member (the United States won the 2018 award  United States Children’s Golf Individual) World Finals 4th) 2018 Canadian Show and Idol Online Model Competition (Champion and Outstanding Eloquence and Talent Award, Global Finals Gold Award, Bilingual Finals Host Award) in the same year, shooting with Miss Hong Kong Jiaxin  MV.  2019 Fashion Week (Specially Invited Fashion and Dance Performances) Opening Ceremony of the 2nd Canada International Multicultural Arts Festival (Special Guest Host) The 2nd Guangzhou Light Art Exhibition Auction and Awards Night (Special Guest Host) 2011  In August, the United States Disneyland campus theme TV (comedy protagonist) World 2020 Chinese Spring Festival Gala (special guest) September 2020 North American original charity share the wind and rain, grow and grow together!  (Special guest is China Crossing) October 10, 2020 Senior Citizen’s Day and Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival cloud live broadcast (Invited Global Invitation Award) 2020 UNICEF Supporting World Cup (8th) World Cup Painting (Contest Ideas)  ) 2020 Celebrate China Central Television National Children’s Art Global Selection Competition (First Prize in Language) 2021 will be Global Spokesperson for Beauty on Five Continents

Currently in Grade 11 at Crofton House School, Kelly Zeng is pleased to serve as the Vice President at the Canadian Youth Funding Association. Kelly’s profound passion for the business sector has incentivised her to accumulate a diverse portfolio of many case and investment competitions. Through this process, she has appreciated the comprehensive planning that goes behind every business-oriented workshop, and sees the value in adopting collaborative learning approaches. Outside of her involvement in the Canadian Youth Funding Association, Kelly has an affinity for investing in penny stocks, cultivating her music playlists, and reading about political philosophy.

Jeremy is currently a grade 12 student in Vancouver, British Columbia.As an optimistic young man, Jeremy always has an eye for the right and sees the good out of what he encounters. He loves to smile and is friendly and sympathetic. He enjoys helping anyone in need. He is responsible and cooperative while taking any task and always goes beyond people’s expectations. 

Jeremy  also enriches his life with a wide variety of extracurricular activities. In CYFA, Jeremy hopes to meet other students from the community and lead them towards a beneficial platform that will have a positive impact on their way to success.

Vincent yun – Cheng Yang is currently a Grade 12 student in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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He is responsible and cooperative while taking any task and always goes beyond people’s expectations. As an optimistic young man, Vincent always has an eye for the right and sees the good out of what he encounters. He loves to smile and is friendly and sympathetic. He enjoys helping anyone in need. 

Vincent yun – Cheng Yang also enriches his life with a wide variety of extracurricular activities. In CYFA, Jim hopes to meet other students from the community and lead them towards a beneficial platform that will have a positive impact on their way to success.

Mathew Zhou is a grade 12 student in Vancouver BC. Through Mathew’s work at CYFA, he has created a community of students volunteering their time across Canada.

He has gained valuable management experience and continues to grow the Association and host events to motivate people her age and younger. His goal is to lead for positive impacts and bring greater access, agency, and excellence to the community. He believes in using education and abilities to encourage human connections and create a better understanding of the great world we live in.

Victoria Chen is currently a 11th-grade student at Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School in Vancouver, British Columbia, hoping to pursue further education in business.

While showing a high level of achievement in her academics, Victoria has also shows remarkable interest in various clubs at school. President of the music council, she leads the club to provide more opportunities for students to show their talent on stage. Outside of school, she is a dedicated pianist working hard to complete her RCM level 10 exam. Victoria hopes to apply her skills in leadership and communication at CYFA to provide more students with an opportunity to develop their own extraordinary ideas and skills.

Cici is currently a grade 7 student in South slope elementary. She enjoys dancing,modeling, gymnastics,drawing, and playing sports. Cici spends her extra time volunteering and helping others outside of school along with all her extra classes. She loves to use her spare on making arts and crafts. She also enjoys hanging out with friends and family. Cici is a overall happy person with lots of personalities.

As a responsible teenager, CHAO JIE HUANG( Jay) has demonstrated extreme determination in working together and taking care of the underserved population in his community. He is also outstanding for both his academic and extracurricular involvement. Without a doubt, he will make a significant positive impact on the people he encounters through the course of his life and bring changes to the world. In his scarce free time, he is interested in economics and reads, writes, and builds plastic models.

Jiang, Jing Hao (Gavin）is a grade 8 student in Vancouver, BC. Gavinis ambitious and passionate, which is demonstrated through both his academic and extracurricular achievements. He is  our sports department head at CYFA. He is passionate in many sports such as badminton and basketball, and he has participated in school teams as well. Outside of school, he also does rugby. 

In CYFA, Gavin hopes to meet other students from the community and lead them towards a beneficial platform that will have a positive impact on their way to success.