Meet the Team
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go further, go together.
Founder/ Community Director
Stephanie Gou
Stephanie is a children's book translator, column writer, and passionate storyteller. She lives with her daughter, husband, and two guinea pigs in Hertfordshire.
She has 8 years of experience as a school governor, 10 years of journalism, and 20 years of business experience as a Chartered Accountant.
She is awarded a studentship by InterAct UK and studying toward a Ph.D. degree at the Storytelling Academy, Loughborough University.
Co-Founder/Operations Director
Bing Yu
Bing is a Chinese Teacher and the founder of community groups ( Bilingual Kids Village, Barnet Mums) She was accredited with the Teaching Chinese Certificate in Community School by Goldsmith’s University. Bing graduated from Aston University and worked in an FTSE 100 company where she acquired extensive business and organisational skills. With her community service experiences and passionations about charitable works and bilingual education, Bing joined LMBC as the co-founder in 2023 to launch our on-site events.
Holiday Club Leader/ Story club volunteers
Zheng Tang
Zheng is a Chinese Tutor and a mum of three based in Harpenden. She had 15 years experiences of teaching English/ Chinese in a primary school in China before moving to the UK. She tutored GCSE and A-Level students and all have achieved with A*.
Zheng enjoys writing, singing, painting, and drama. She is passionate about EYFS bilingual education, although she is beloved by her pupils of all age groups. She led and contributed to our holiday club in April 2023.
Story Club Consultant
Jue Gao
Jue is the founder of the Oxford Chinese Library, which provides guided reading services to bilingual children.
Before moving to Oxford, she had over 10 years of experience in bilingual reading. In 2015, she founded Mannreader Club.
Jue received two bachelor's degrees and two master's degrees: Law and Education.
Story Club Volunteer
Eve Sun
Eve has been working in the education field for more than 15 years, teaching students in the U.K., Mainland China and Hong Kong from kindergarten to university. She is currently teaching Chinese at KS2, 3&4 in a top private school in Oxford.
She holds a BEd from HongKong, PGDE from the University of Edinburgh and MSc in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition from Oxford.
Story Club Volunteer
Erica Wan
Erica works as the Head of the Chinese in a reputable independent girls' school in Buckinghamshire.
She has been working in the educational field for more than 10 years, teaching both primary and secondary schools in the U.K.
She is also committed to the compilation of Chinese textbooks and teacher training.
Story Club Volunteer
Jia Ding
Jia is the Head of the Chinese in Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, Manchester.
She is also the PGCE Teacher Training Lecturer and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Buckingham.
Story Club Volunteer
Yan Ma
Yan lives in Stradford up Avon with her daughter, son, and husband. She is a chartered engineer.
She is passionate about bilingual education and enjoys reading Chinese picture books with her children every day.
Story Club Volunteer
Maureen Liu
Maureen is a Technical Program Manager at Microsoft and a mum of two.
She was a school governor for over six years, serving roles of Link Governor for IT and member of the Premise, Health and Safety Committee.
Story Club Volunteer
Wen Zhang
Wen is a Higher Level Teaching Assistant in an independent bilingual school in London.
Prior to her career in primary education, she works in the media industry.
Story Club Volunteer
Wenxuan Zheng
Wenxuan is a mother of two. She was a researcher at the University of Manchester after she received P.h.D of Pharmacology.
She was a project manager of a startup business.
Story Club Volunteer
Lei Wang
Lei lives in Manchester. She holds MSc in International Fashion Retailing and she worked as a merchandiser. She is studying ACCA while looking after her daughter and son.
Story Club Volunteer
Marilyn Jiang
Marilyn lives in London with her daughter and son. She works in a human resource consultancy company. She has over 15 years of experience with HR & payroll and worked as HR Director in private-owned corporations.
Story Club Volunteer
Jia Xu
Jia is a mum of two sons and works as a project manager at Transport for Greater Manchester.
She currently studies a project management qualification.
