Mengru grew up in Shanghai and received her Bachelor’s degree of Arts from Renmin University of China in Beijing.

During the four-year undergraduate study, she worked actively in NGO field (mainly on LGBT issues) and her social work was centered on campus multi-culture advocacy. She was a core member of LGBT Peer Mentorship Program team and the leader in serial campus activities of Beijing LGBT Center. These experiences largely influenced her values.

After graduation she became an art teacher, and still continued working with local NGO groups. However, things are urging her to do more as a designer, she believes that the power of design is limitless and needs to be explored.

Through the MASD program, she is gonna broaden her domains and explore more entry points of design into social impact.