Jenna Manhau Fung is the Program Director of NetMission Academy (NetMission.Asia), a digital literacy program for youth in Asia Pacific. She is also the Head of the Asia Pacific Youth Internet Governance Forum (yIGF.Asia) and was an elected steering committee member for the Youth Coalition on Internet Governance (YCIG), a dynamic coalition of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF). She also works as a freelance writer and runs an independent newsletter about digital issues and public policy called “Jen Z issues”.
Jenna is an internet governance enthusiast and a public policy nerd. Her interests intersect the technicality of internet technology and public participation in policymaking. Both professionally and personally, Jenna is actively involved in influential or leadership capacities with the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) youth community and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) community. Recently, she has explored unconventional education alternatives by joining voluntary research groups on digital policies in Asia Pacific, Paris, and Washington D.C. She recently completed the CanStudyUS Fellowship 2024 at Toronto Metropolitan University. Born and raised in Hong Kong, she now resides in Toronto, Canada. Jenna is also a flamenco dancer, a passionate reader, and a cat lover.