Kate Leyland

Kate Leyland graduated from Middlebury College in 2007 with a joint degree in Political Science and Chinese. She studied in Hangzhou, China for a year and together with her classmate, Meg Young, conducted independent research on micro-finance and rabbit rearing in Chengdu, China. She is continuing her research in Chengdu this year with the Oxford World Leadership Corps while simultaneously pursuing her master's at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Kate hopes to pursue a future in studying China and its economic development.

Listen to an interview with with Kate about her microfinance project in Chengdu, China