Hilton is one of the leaders at HKU Social Entrepreneurs, a student network promoting social entrepreneurship at HKU. He is a final-year student double majors in International Business and Politics. Aspiring to become a social entrepreneur, Hilton has worked in different sectors including tech startups, NGOs and a social enterprise. He started a Facebook project to share stories of dreamers and minorities, which has received 8200+ likes and press coverage.

Hilton represented HKU at Harvard World Model United Nations, received human rights leadership training at UNESCO in the US and was a volunteer counselor at Caritas Family Crisis Centre.