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|Has skills=Research, Content Development, Writing, Graphic Design, Excel

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Julia Wang is a 19 20 year old student currently working as a Research Assistant for the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy's McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Julia currently lives in the Houston area and attends Rice University.

Julia was born in Fairfax, Virginia, to parents Yanchun and Lei Wang. Her father and mother immigrated from Beijing, China, where Yanchun was a professor taught at Tsinghua University, in 1994 with Julia's sister Lisa to Ames, Iowa, and in 1994. In 1996, the Wang family moved to Fairfax in 1996. When , and when Julia was 3 months old, the Wang family they moved to the Bay Area, California. They eventually settling settled in San Jose, California, where and Yanchun and Lei currently work as software engineers in the Silicon Valley. Julia grew up speaking both English and her parents' native language of Mandarin, and later learned French during her middle and high school years.

Aside from interning at the McNair Center, Julia is also involved in many organizations at Rice University. She serves as the Policy Competition Chair Executive Vice-President for the Baker Institute Student Forum, the Creative Director Secretary for the Rice Entrepreneurship Club, the Sports Design Editor of the Campanile Yearbook, and a Communications Committee member for the Rice University Student Association. At her college, she also serves as an O-Week Peer Academic Advisor.