Born in London to a French mother and Chinese-Malaysian father, Clotilde grew up with a passion for languages and a fascination for questions of identity and diaspora. A graduate of Chinese Studies at the School or Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), she now works full time for a Beijing-based start-up, My China Roots, that helps Overseas Chinese around the world to trace their ancestry, put their roots into context, and travel to their ancestral villages in China. Above all, she finds great satisfaction in seeing people reconnected across borders, cultures, and generations.