I was born and raised in Taiwan and came to the U.S. at age twenty-two as a university student. That’s when I realized my school English wasn’t much help when asking for directions on the street or opening a bank account. By recording each of the classes I took––including physical education––and reviewing the tape every night for a year, I eventually learned English well enough to earn an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. But please excuse me if I misuse the verb tenses or mix up the genders in third-person pronouns when I speak. It’s no secret––English is a hard language to learn.
I write in both Chinese and English. I'm a Pushcart Prize nominee and a committee member of the Storymakers Writer’s Conference. An excerpt from my memoir, Ninety-Nine Fire Hoops, won Grand Prize in the 2019 MAST People of Earth writing contest and is a finalist for the 2019 Eyelands Book Awards and for the DL Jordan Prize for Literary Excellence. My essays won first place in the 2019 Segullah Journal writing contest, third place in the 2015 Storymakers Conference First Chapter Contest, Honorable Mention in the 79th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Contest, a finalist for the 48th New Millennium Writing Award, and a finalist in the 2014 Serendipity Memoir Discovery Contest. I'm a featured interviewee in KSL (TV Show) Mormon Times, Roots Tech Conference 2015, and the Dialogue Journal podcast. My work can be found in the Life Story Anthology (Taipei, Taiwan), Ensign Magazine, Liahona Magazine, Flying South Literary Magazine, Dialogue Journal, Motherscope Magazine, Past-Ten Journal, Cosmonauts Avenue (forthcoming), and LDS Beta Reader Mind Game Anthology.
I'm grateful to be able to live a creative life. It’s my dream come true. Aside from writing, I also model and act for print and film. But my greatest joy is sharing my life with my husband and our three sons.