LIN Jinglan holds a double master’s degree in Global and Comparative Urban Planning and Governance from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Sciences Po. She also graduated with an undergraduate degree in Environmental Analysis with a minor in Economics from Pitzer College in California.

During her undergraduate years, Jinglan trained Tibetan rafting guides and promoted Leave No Trace in the Sanjiangyuan region of China. During her graduate studies, she interned with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in New Jersey and focused on quantitative analysis of the relationship between urban greening and public health.

Jinglan enjoys the outdoors, traveling, and trying new things outside of work.