Dr. Ellen Yan was born and raised in an academic family
in Tianjin, Mainland China. She pursued her education at prestigious
institutions, including Tianjin Nankai High School, the
People’s University of China, and Nankai University. In
1988, she came to the United States and pursue her Ph.D.
in Economics at the University of Iowa. After earning her
doctoral degree , she spent over a decade working in the
financial industry before founding her own financial consulting company in Massachusetts.