Hoping is a lawyer from Suzhou in South China who practiced corporate law and founded an LGBTIQ organization before coming the United States for additional legal training. She plans eventually to work helping corporations become better human rights advocates, and currently serves as Global Public Service Fellow at OutRight Action International. Before joining the staff of OutRight, Hoping conducted legal research for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and was a visiting scholar at Columbia Law School, where she earned a second LL.M. and was a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar. At Columbia, Hoping facilitated workshops on gender issues and conducted and published her own independent research. She presented her work in academic and research institutions, including at Yale Law School, the Institute of Current World Affairs, and Sarah Lawrence College. Before her Masters work at Columbia, Hoping was an International Legal Fellow at PILnet: The Global Network for Public Interest Law. At PILnet, she participated in public interest service skills training, such as conflict mediation, documenting of human rights violations, public speaking, storytelling, grant proposal writing, and budget forecasting. She has presented in academic and professional institutions, including Stanford Law School and the New York City Bar Association. She has also consulted with numerous public interest organizations and advocates about strategies for advancing LGBTIQ rights and women’s rights internationally. Hoping received her LL.B. in International Economic Law from Nanjing Normal University, and her first LL.M. in International Law from Shandong University.