Yuwei graduated from Nanjing University with a B.A. in English. Her undergraduate thesis was about the environment, androgyny, and third-world feminism in Ursula Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness. Her research interests lie in science fiction, feminist studies, environmental studies, and post-colonial studies. She was an actor and lighting director in several theatrical productions. Outside the theatre, she also likes to swim and play with dogs.