Ruonan Chen completed her undergraduate studies at the Henan University of Finance and Economics with a major in Law, where she was most interested in the relationship of law and culture. 

Then she was accepted by the Master program of Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages at Liaoning University with a full scholarship, finishing with a dissertation on researching the management and teaching mode of International College of Liaoning University. Following this, she completed a MA degree in Cross-Cultural Communication and Education with a dissertation entitled ‘Living out of the System: An Ethnographic Study of a Counterculture Eco-village in UK’. 

Ruonan Chen then relocated for her job in Tibet Health Capacity Building Program in Lhasa, the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, working on capacity building and development. After 3 years working in the health arena there, she was accepted by the Australian National University to pursue further study.

Ruonan Chen is currently a PhD Candidate at the Australian National University, working on her research of the relationship of hospitals and people in it. 

Thesis Title: Making Hospital in Tibet