Hi, I’m Selina, a native Mandarin speaker and intonation coach based in Belgium (and yes, for your peace of mind, I am fully Certified and Registered here). I do hold a degree in linguistics, if a degree still matters these days, but to be honest, a piece of paper isn’t the reason I’m doing this.

Before moving to Belgium, I spent a decade navigating corporate life in Shanghai and Beijing, while simultaneously working as a Mandarin tutor. Because of that dual life, it’s safe to say I have survived enough high-stakes corporate communication to know what actually works in the real world.

So this is exactly why I eventually left the corporate ladder, and focus entirely on helping professionals un-textbook their Mandarin.Over five years of coaching, I’ve developed a precise methodology to diagnose and eliminate those rigid flaws and blind spots that hold professionals back from true, natural fluency.

Put simply: my framework wasn’t built on academic theories alone. It was forged in the fires of real-life, high-pressure communication.

To support my students in the long run, I built the Mandarin Flow Ecosystem on Substack. Think of it as a digital hub designed to help you un-textbook your Mandarin and build a system that empowers your own natural voice.