
October 29, 2026
Yu Kang is a former intern at the Goldman Environmental Prize. She holds a master’s degree from the UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Renmin University of China.
Prior to attending Berkeley, she founded China’s first poetry education nonprofit, which has reached over 230,000 rural children since 2016. She also serves as a Board Member of Renmin University of China.