About The Founder

Zhuang Zuo was born in the 1970s in Northeast China, into an intellectual family deeply shaped by Confucian values. In an era that prized restraint and discipline, laughter was often warned against as “excess leading to misfortune,” and a love for art and play was dismissed as useless or unruly. It was within this atmosphere that he first became aware of what freedom—and the imagination of freedom—means to a child.

After completing his master’s degree, he entered journalism as a feature reporter, and later developed into a writer and researcher of food culture. In 2019, he completed his studies in Early Childhood Education (ECE) at Champlain College in Montreal, finally turning toward a long-held calling: to create a space for children that he himself never had. He founded the non-profit organization CTS (Children’s Third Space) and named its activity camp 67—a symbol of humor, laughter, and a future-oriented space for children’s free growth. At the same time, he chose to rename himself “Hunao” (“Mischief”), reclaiming the word he had been most often criticized for as a child, and transforming it into the spirit of 67.

He has always believed that every child deserves a joyful and healthy childhood, and a place that resists definition—a place without labels of good or bad, scores or rankings, where play is learning, and laughter is growth.

左壮于二十世纪七十年代出生于中国东北一个笃信儒家思想的知识分子家庭。在那个崇尚克制与纪律的年代，笑声被警告为“乐极生悲”，而对艺术与游戏的热爱被视为“无用与胡闹”。正是在这样的环境中，他第一次意识到——自由，以及自由的想象，对一个孩子意味着什么。

硕士毕业后，他进入新闻界，此后又成长为一位作家与美食研究者。 2019 年，他终于在Champlain College 完成儿童早期教育（ECE）学业，开始奔赴心中久藏的愿望——创立公益组织CTS（Children’s Third Space），并以67 命名其活动营地，寓意一个充满幽默与笑声、面向未来的儿童自由成长空间。而他自己则更名为“胡闹”，那个小时候被父亲指责最多的词，成为67的灵魂。

他始终相信，每一个孩子都应拥有一个快乐健康的童年，以及一个可以不被定义的地方——在那里，没有好与坏，分数与成绩，游戏即是学习，笑声即是成长。