Xiaolin Yao

Xiaolin Yao was initially born in Zhejiang Providence in China. His family moved to Maryland in 2008 when he was nine years old and have stayed here ever since. He received his B.A. in Government & Politics with an official concentration in International Relations from the University of Maryland in the Spring of 2020. Upon graduating, Xiaolin worked as a federal contractor serving the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for over a year. Their primary mission was to process applications for FEMA's COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Program and various natural disasters such as Hurricane Ian. He returned to UMD to pursue his M.Ed. in Secondary Social Studies Education in Fall 2021. Xiaolin is in the last leg of his educational journey, with an anticipated graduation date of May 2023.