Vesper Xiao

Vesper Xiao (she/her) is a second-year mental health counseling master's student at Boston College. She earned her bachelor's degree in finance from Fudan University and a master's degree in management from Tsinghua University in China. Having worked two years as an investment manager and an NGO leader advocating for LGBTQ+ college students, Xiao decided to move to the U.S. and pursue a career change. Xiao has research experience in intimate partner violence among sexual minorities at Boston College, and is also a NAMI family-to-family teacher helping families whose loved ones suffer from mental health issues.