Cleo is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and currently works as an associate assisting in international trade remedies matters including antidumping and countervailing duty and customs issues. 

During law school, Cleo was the Supervising Editor of Georgetown Immigration Law Journal. She interned at the World Bank Group for a semester and worked on anti-corruption matters. Cleo worked as a summer intern at the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia where she assisted in civil litigation matters, including witness interviews, depositions, motions and briefs, and settlement agreements. She was also a corporate summer associate at King & Wood Mallesons, Shanghai.

Cleo speaks fluent English and Mandarin Chinese.