The initial funders and signers are all long-term contributors to the Ethereum and web3 ecosystem. We understand how difficult it was to enter the space and would like to leverage our network to support the young generation. 

A bit about us:

**Jacky Wang**

Born and raised in Taiwan, went to school in the US, worked in big web2 social media companies before joining web3 to be more nomadic. Now based in Taipei full time and occasionally travel around for meet ups/pop-up cities.

**Community :** Started the Bu Zhi DAO community in Taiwan that hosted Taipei Blockchain Week for 2 years, also supporting/co-organizing Zuzalu in Taiwan. Also supporting the translation community for the Plurality book

**Work:** Built iOS apps for Instagram for 5 years before doing web3 start up, then starting to go deep into DID in the Taiwan context

**Education:** passionate in education, curating web3 courses in Taiwan university and hosting a education conference called EduX in July

**Podcast:** Part of a larger web3 podcasting network 區塊勢 Blocktrend

**Vivian Chen**

Born and raised in Taiwan. I consider myself a human rights activist, working specifically on women's rights, children's rights, digital rights, and democracy.

I was Taiwan's youth representative to the United Nations Commission on Status of Women and the official delegate to APEC. Since 2015, I've worked with shelters for refugees, child laborers, orphans, and marginalized communities. I also head the Taiwan Chapter of Girls in Tech, a global non-profit.

I'm now contributing actively to the open source and decentralized movement, working on civic tech initiatives in Taiwan, and organizing alliances around Asia.