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Social Circles Q&A with internet personality Emma Peng
Sparks Can you briefly introduce yourself? Where are you from and what made you choose UF? Emma Peng My name is Emma Peng. I studied marketing for my four years here at UF and I graduated this year in August. I am 22 and from Luoyang in Henan, China. I came to UF as an international student.
I don’t consider myself an influencer. I’m just a normal person who likes making videos. I do know a lot of people who bought products based on my recommendations or came to UF because they watched my University of Florida vlogs. There are a lot of students who use them as a reference. So, I do know that my videos have influenced people’s decisions. So, maybe that’s an influencer?
I In the beginning, I thought [social media] was a career because it was going really well. But right now, I would consider it a hobby because I’m international and having YouTube won’t guarantee me a visa, so I will have to find a permanent job — some type of job that will give me a visa to stay here. And then I will do YouTube on the side as a hobby.
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Do you consider your social media work more of a hobby or a career?
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Would you consider yourself an “influencer”?
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Emma Peng is a social media influencer focusing on lifestyle, food, beauty and fashion. Peng, who speaks fluent English and Chinese, has over 15,000 Instagram followers, 36,700 YouTube subscribers and 446,000 followers on Chinese blogging platform Sina Weibo. Peng began her social media journey during her senior year of high school. Currently, she is a recent University of Florida graduate living in the U.S.
