Janno He is a PhD candidate in the School of Communication at the University of Technology Sydney. She is currently in her second year of doctoral study. Her research interests lie in motherhood studies, migration and mobility studies, Chinese cinema, feminist theory, and film emotion. Janno is currently undertaking a research project on the changing representation of motherhood in Chinese cinema.

Since graduating from the University of Edinburgh in 2020, Janno has worked as an assistant instructor and magazine editor. Her articles have appeared in magazine THE PLUS PAPER, and peer-reviewed journals including Feminist Media Studies and Media International Australia. She has also been leading ongoing research on the intersection of motherhood and sisterhood in the context of Chinese patriarchal society. 

By actively engaging in research activities, Janno strives to bring the silent and invisible (Chinese) migrant mothers, to the public eye, so that people within the nation and around the world can hear and understand the stories of this group of female warriors.