Twenty years ago, a fortuitous part-time job in the Yale-China Association’s New Haven office changed the trajectory of my life. I will always be extremely grateful to Edie MacMullen for finding that position for me and for everything else she taught me about being a teacher and a historian. Nancy Chapman, then executive director of the association, inspired my initial interest in China and the Chinese language; with- out her mentorship, I would not be where I am now. After graduation I spent three years as an English language instructor for the Yale- China Association at Huizhen Academy in Ningbo and at Yali Middle School in Changsha. I am grateful to all of my former colleagues at those institutions.