I'm Chinese-American, born and raised in the US, from Atlanta, Georgia. I studied Chinese at Beijing Language and Culture University and most recently at Renmin University in Beijing. I used to teach English parttime. 我是美籍华人，在美国出生的也在美国长大了。我来自左至亚洲，亚特兰大城市。我以前上北语和人大学习中文同时兼职教英语。 Although my parents both speak Chinese, they didn't teach me growing up (dad: Mandarin, mom: Cantonese (native) and Mandarin). Therefore, I didn't start learning Chinese until university. I feel as a Chinese-American I should be able to speak Chinese, so I want to become fluent in the language. I've studied Chinese for 2.5 years (1 year at my university in America and 1.5 years in Beijing) and am at a high-intermediate/low-advanced level. While I will be taking advanced Chinese classes this semester, I still believe my speaking is on the intermediate level. 虽然我的父母都会说普通话，但是我长大的时候他们没教我汉语（爸：普通话，妈：广东话（母语）、普通话）。 如此我上大学才开始学习中文。我感觉华人都应该会说汉语所以我很希望有一天能流利地说汉语。我学汉语学了两个半年了（在美国学了一年，在中国学了一年半了）。我的水平现在是中级上高级下中间的。尽管我这个学期上高级班，我还认为我的口语是中级水平的。 I joined italki to expand my Chinese resources so I can ask language questions, get feedback on my writing, and meet new people. Unfortunately, I don't have much time to set up chat times with language partners as I will be working a lot more these coming months. Therefore for now, my main purpose is utilizing the community resources, asking random language questions, and posting notebook entries. 我来加入italki是因为我想发展我学习中文的材料。我想问语言问题，写很多作文让大家帮我修正错误，还有找很多朋友。不幸的时我没有很多时间能找很多语伴因为这几个月忙极了。如此我主要的打算是用好材料，问很多问题，写很多笔记本的作文。