Nancy lp was born in a coastal province with the highest population in China who went to Harvard to earn a doctorate degree and went to work in New York.
She received her bachelor degree in Chemistry and Biology from Simmons College in 1977, and she earned a doctorate in pharmacology from Harvard University Medical School in 1983. After graduation, she spent the early part of her scientific career in the USA, and was Senior Staff Scientist at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, New York. Guangdong (alternately romanized as Canton Province or Kwangtung) is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. With a population of 113.46 million (as of 2018) across a total area of about 179,800 km (69,400 sq mi), Guangdong is the most populous province of China and the 15th-largest by area. 
