Zijie does some vlogging and breakdancing on the side, but he’s a math student first. He discovered a talent for numbers through early encouragement at home, and a teacher later steered him toward Olympiads. This sparked a journey of training, friendships, setbacks, and achievement that led him to the International Mathematical Olympiad and now, Cambridge. Zijie values the community he built along the way just as much as the victories he notched. Learn the “fresh” way he’s found to express himself at university, and his initial thoughts on what comes next. 

We caught up as he started university (interview edited for length and clarity):