After graduation, finding employment was difficult and a frustrated Chou wrote a letter to the then-mayor of Taitung, Huang Ching-feng.
畢業後，她想返鄉服務，苦無機會，後來還是寫信給當時的台東縣長黃鏡峰，說明自己的意願，經黃縣長協助，才在蘭嶼鄉電信代辦處和鄉公所當上雇員。