Who Am I

Hi, my name is David Ju. My parents immigrated to the United States for their studies and gave birth to me in New York. I then spent my childhood in Maine until I was seven. However, due to work, my parents returned to China. From then on, I lived in Shanghai and attended an American school until I graduated high school. I plan on returning to Shanghai after I complete my graduate degree. I am like my parents because I am ambitious. I would say that my bicultural upbringing allows me to analyze issues and situations through different perspectives and be relatively more open-minded. I am partially operating under someone else's expectations. My parents have hustled and provided me a lot of privileges, and I do not want to disappoint them. I honestly have never thought about role models outside family members, but I guess Leonardo DiCaprio does a fine job using his platform to raise awareness about the environment. I feel like I have a special connection with the koala. The whole situation with the pandemic and online learning is burning me out, and I am often feeling tired. An interesting encounter with a plant would be that I once received chrysanthemum instead of roses during Valentine's Day because my last name has the same pronunciation as chrysanthemum in Chinese. 

Sun sign: Capricorn

Moon sign: Capricorn 

Rising sign: Libra