Wu Laoshi 吴老师 (originally from Tianjin) started her study in China. After graduating from the Tianjin Univerrsity with a bachelor degree, she further obtained a bachelor and a master degree from University of Augsburg in 2005. From 2016, Xia taught Chinese to foreign students at the University of Tianjin. In 2020, Xia moved to Switzerland. Xia’s mother tongue is Mandarin Chinese. She is also perfectly fluent in German and English.