Bincheng Mao

Biography

Bincheng Mao is an incoming J.D. candidate at Harvard Law School. A nonprofit organizer who grew up in the US, his work focuses on the plight of people struggling with poverty and marginalization. During the COVID-19 crisis, he led initiatives expanding healthcare access for non-English-speaking minorities across the US East Coast. For this life-saving work, he was named the youngest honoree on Forbes’ 2022 "100 Outstanding Chinese" list, recognizing influential figures of Chinese descent worldwide. Following a surge in anti-Asian hate crimes, he launched a civil rights initiative featuring prominent guests, including former prime ministers of Australia and Canada and a US secretary of state. At the 76th UN General Assembly, he assisted a former European head of state with their UN engagements. He also interned at the Gates Foundation, analyzing medical innovations to reduce maternal mortality in East Africa. In his free time, Bincheng enjoys fencing and is learning guitar—though his neighbors might prefer he stick to fencing.