Prior to The Wire China, Jacinta worked as Research Assistant to the CEO of an Australia-China relations think-tank. Her writing has appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald, ChinaFile and The Diplomat. She received a master’s degree in global affairs from Tsinghua University as a Schwarzman Scholar and undergraduate degrees in International Business, Chinese Studies and Asian History from The University of Sydney. She is a fluent Mandarin Chinese speaker and reader and is proficient in Japanese.