Who I am
Josh Lee・joshlee.tw
From Nantou to Taipei — political science, social advocacy, management consulting, now tech
I am Josh! At my core, I'm someone who loves making things. So when I see a problem, my first instinct isn't "that's hard" but "where do we start?" A policy report, an organisation, an event, or something small like this website, they all feel equally real to me, and that's what I care about.
I'm especially curious about things I haven't tried yet, so I'm almost always learning something new, pushing at the edges of what I know. There's probably a workaholic in there somewhere. But most of the time, I genuinely enjoy that feeling of "one more push and it becomes XYZ."
Looking back, I think I've been genuinely lucky. Not just in the opportunities that came my way, but in the people I met along the path who were willing to walk alongside me. What I hope for, more than anything, is to become that person for someone else someday.
Writing
Featured Writing
Story · EdYouth
High Schoolers Can Shape National Education Policy: The EdYouth Story
I wrote this in January 2025, squinting at winter sunlight through the window. Three years earlier, I was just an anxious high school senior trying to figure out where to go to university. I had no idea I'd end up getting morning calls from reporters and rushing between education reform meetings as an NGO chair.
Read the storyStory · McKinsey
A Political Science Student's Year at McKinsey
I didn't join McKinsey because I had consulting figured out. Honestly, I'd spent two years doing policy work at EdYouth, and someone mentioned McKinsey was looking for people who "solve problems." That was enough to pull me in, even though I had no idea what it actually looked like day to day.
Read the storyStory · Tutoring
Teaching English Since High School: Building a Tutoring Brand at 17
In high school, I had a big fight with my family. The details are fuzzy now, but the gist is that, in the name of "disciplining" me, they leaned on an argument I really disliked: you're still young, you don't understand, we're the ones earning the money that raises you, you're not capable of doing it yourself. I couldn't argue back in the moment. So I made a decision: I'd earn my own money, if only to prove the "not capable" half wrong.
Read the storyStory · NTU
Political Science Is More Than Politics: Four Years at NTU
Before I even started at NTU, I'd found the political science curriculum and read through the whole thing. Constitutional law, comparative government, public policy. I thought I knew exactly what I was getting into. I'd done civics in high school, after all. How different could it be?
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Press, talks, and conversations
博客來 · 2025
從孩子出發的大人練習課
Co-authored chapter on student voice in education policy, alongside researchers, social workers, and child-rights advocates.
TaiwanPlus CONNECTED
Augmented Anxiety: Gen Z on Work in the AI Age
A conversation on how Gen Z is navigating an AI-saturated job market, the shrinking pool of entry-level roles, and what skills still matter.
TaiwanPlus CONNECTED
Taiwan's Bilingual 2030 Policy: Is Taiwan on Track?
In dialogue with NTNU's Keith Graham on the gap between Bilingual 2030 policy intent and what classrooms actually look like.
NOWnews · 2024
Three policy bills for student-led education reform
Keynote at the 2024 國際青浪潮 forum proposing legislative changes to give students a seat at the education-policy table.
換日線 Crossing · 2024
A first-hand guide to learning portfolios
A depth interview on what Taiwan's first 108-curriculum cohort learned about the portfolio system, and the myths worth retiring.
親子天下 · 翻轉教育 · 2023
No credit, no salary, just conviction
A feature profile on how a handful of first-year university students ended up sitting across from the Ministry of Education.