Grace Chenxin Liu

Grace Chenxin Liu is recognized globally as a youth researcher, advocate, and changemaker for gender equality and sustainable development. She successfully worked on fourteen research projects and had peer-reviewed journal publications before she turned fifteen. She has inspired students across six continents and from over one hundred countries as the highlighted speaker at many organizations including the United Nations SDG Learncast, the International Telecommunication Union, the Society of Women Engineers, TEDx, Girls Leadership Academy Meetup, and more.

Liu is a 2023 World Science Scholar, WomenTech Global Rising Star of the Year Award winner, a Global Youth Challenge winner, and a member of the winning team of the global Fall 2022 Junior Academy Challenge. She is a 2022–24 Youth Advisory Council member of the National Youth Leadership Council, part of the Davidson Institute’s Ambassador Program’s Class of 2024, the youngest member of the Global Conference on Women’s Studies Scientific Committee, and a 2022 Equality & Inclusion Working Group Leader at YOUNGA by BridgingTheGap Ventures.

Liu is the founder of Sharing to Empower, an internationally recognized nonprofit for researching and promoting gender equality and sustainable development with global impact and local reach. She is also the founder of Research to Empower, an educational initiative that inspires, supports, and empowers aspiring researchers while making research accessible to all, regardless of age, gender, or race. Her sole-authored book Research to Empower: A Vibrant Guidebook for Young Students will be published by Post Hill Press on Jan 30, 2024.