Dale You

Dale cultivates our school. She supports our staff and students by building a beautiful as well as nurturing environment for everyone to learn. Dale’s own parents nurtured her cultural and language ties to China after immigrating to Boston when she was 10 years old.

She graduated from Wellesley College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations. Before she discovered her passion for language education of children, Dale worked for decades in finance and real estate all over the world with multinational corporations including Morgan Stanley and Tishman Speyer and managed over $5 billion of capital for institutional investors worldwide.

In her role as a senior finance executive, Dale saw firsthand the value that understanding Chinese culture and language brings to her professional and personal life. In 2014, when her first child was born, Dale combed the Philadelphia area for a place where her own children can receive Mandarin language instruction.

Frustrated at the lack of quality programming, she decided to launch Philadelphia Chinese Academy in 2018 with co-founder Peggy Liu.  Dale holds an Infant Toddler Montessori Teacher Credential from the Princeton Center for Teacher Education as well as an Early Childhood Montessori Credential from Chestnut Hill College. She loves cooking soups, marinades, rubs and sauces!