i created this website in aim to to make the humanities and arts more accessible to people of every walk of life.

i strive to impart the intellectual and moral worthiness of supporting the humanities in higher education.

I aim to highlight the role of creativity in motivating important intellectual and artistic production.

2023.03.05, Ann arbor

i’m currently a ma candidate in philosophy at university of Houston (2024-2026).

i hold a bachelor of arts degree in classics & philosophy from university of michigan(2019-2023), after transferring from Northeastern philosophy (2018-2019). check out my mission statement for a philosophical education.

Before America, I went to school in Shanghai: jianping west (2012-2015), pinghe (2015-2018). check out my views on “elite education” in the chinese version of the gilded age.

Before Shanghai, I was born & raised in Kunming (2000-2012). my family came from a little village in zhuji, Zhejiang (浙江诸暨). we eventually settled in Kunming.

i live in Houston with my cats sara and teodor (adopted at the incredible humane society). in my free time, i enjoy weightlifting and watching movies. i’m also a 200-hr certified yoga teacher and a pianist.

you can reach me at yfang21[at]uh[dot]edu or yuanff[at]umich[dot]edu.