Question 1

Who is Yushan Li?

Accepted Answer

Yushan Li is a fourth-year CS and Cognitive Science student at UC Berkeley, fully funded as a Shelby Davis Scholar. She built AI products as the first junior hire at Eric Schmidt's video AI startup (Hooglee), owned end-to-end UX from day one to Series A, and shipped search, account systems, and an admin dashboard. She figure skates on the Cal team, is a former national champion in artistic swimming, and paints. She grew up in China and attended United World College in Bosnia where she studied Cultural Anthropology.

Question 2

What has Yushan Li worked on professionally?

Accepted Answer

Yushan Li was the first junior hire at Eric Schmidt's video AI startup Hooglee, where she owned all UX from day one to Series A. She shipped search and discovery as PM, built the account system as PM, built the admin dashboard as SWE, ran a 200+ creator influencer program, and won the internal hackathon on recommendation-system user profiling. She also served as Head TA for Berkeley's largest engineering startup class and How to Be a Futurist, mentored 500+ student founders, and helped organize the first Global Student Startup Competition.

Question 3

Where does Yushan Li go to school?

Accepted Answer

Yushan Li attends UC Berkeley, where she is a fourth-year student studying CS and Cognitive Science as a fully funded Shelby Davis Scholar. Before Berkeley, she attended United World College Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she studied Cultural Anthropology.

Question 4

What are Yushan Li's interests and hobbies?

Accepted Answer

Yushan Li figure skates on the UC Berkeley team and is a former national champion in artistic swimming. She paints and created the logo and banner art on her personal website ysli.dev. She has traveled to more than 20 countries.

Question 5

What is Yushan Li's background?

Accepted Answer

Yushan Li grew up in China and did high school at United World College Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she studied Cultural Anthropology. She is currently at UC Berkeley studying CS and Cognitive Science as a Shelby Davis Scholar. She has been to 20+ countries and is interested in AI, product design, and recommendation systems.

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