While in vocational school, she discovered there was such an occupation as "social worker" through her involvement in a service club. After graduating, she tested into Soochow University's Sociology Department, only to drop out in her second year due to economic circumstances and take a job in a foreign company. But the desire to help others continued to burn in her heart, waiting only for the right opportunity.
商專時，因為參加服務性社團，發現竟然有「社工師」這樣助人的工作，於是畢業後插班考上東吳大學社會系，然而卻在大二那年，因為經濟困頓而休學，進入外商公司上班，但助人的心願始終縈繞心頭，只待機緣成熟。