Yajie Qin comes from China. She graduated from Tsinghua University with a bachelor's degree in Environment Design in 2020, and she interned at the United Nations and assisted in web and animation designs. Then she found her love for storytelling and worked as an assistant art director for commercials, and TV shows in China. She graduated from AFI with a Master’s Degree in 2023. She has worked on films as a production designer and art department since 2021.