She received her B.Ed. degree from Taiwan, her M.S.W. and M.A. in Sociology from University of Wisconsin, and her Ph.D. degree from the S.D.S.U. & Claremont Joint Doctoral Program. She also completed an NIMH Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley, and completed a federal HRSA-AMERSA funded fellowship from Project MAINSTREAM, an interdisciplinary Faculty Development Program in substance abuse education. Her scholarship and research interests are primarily in cross cultural social work practice. She has published articles in the areas of clinical process and outcome research such as "Clinicians' Personal Styles and Clinical Decisions," "Psycho-Social-Cultural Adjustment and Interventions for Asian and Asian American Clients," "The Impact of Cultural Factors on Clinical Practice," and various outcome studies with diverse children, adult, and elderly populations.