About The Founder

Zuo Zhuang was born into an intellectual family in Northeast China rooted in Confucian tradition.

In a time that valued restraint and discipline, laughter was often warned against as “a prelude to sorrow,” while a love for art and play was dismissed as “useless.”

Yet it was within that very restraint that he first understood what freedom—and the freedom to imagine—means to a child.

After earning his master’s degree, he entered journalism, becoming one of China’s young television reporters before establishing himself as a writer and culinary thinker known for his depth and creativity.

At the height of his career, he chose to leave behind his professional identity and begin again.

In 2019, he completed his studies in Early Childhood Education at Champlain College in Montréal, pursuing a long-held dream—to create CTS (Children’s Third Space), a laughter-filled, future-oriented environment where children can grow freely.

He believes that every child deserves a place beyond definition—

where play is learning, laughter is growth,

and the childhood he once longed for finds its light again in others.

左壮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”。

然而，正是在这种压抑的环境中，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，成为一名以敏锐与洞察著称的记者；此后又成长为一位兼具思想深度与创造精神的作家与美食研究者。

但在事业顺遂之时，他选择离开既有的身份与轨道，于 2019 年在蒙特利尔 Champlain College 完成儿童早期教育（ECE）学业，奔赴心中久藏的愿望——创立 CTS（Children’s Third Space）：一个充满笑声、面向未来的儿童自由成长空间。

他始终相信，每一个孩子都应拥有一个不被定义的地方——在那里，游戏即是学习，笑声即是成长。

而他梦中的童年，也在孩子们的笑声中重新被点亮。