She admits, "At first I wasn't used to the Hualien lifestyle and felt my roots were still in Taipei." It wasn't until she gave birth to their second child that she felt like a local and began to adapt her interests to the context of Hualien. She put together an arts workshop, held lectures, and edited a periodical.
她承認「一開始其實很不適應花蓮生活，『根』也還留在台北，」為了接書稿、看電影、聽音樂會，常往台北跑，直到老二出生，才承認自己是花蓮人，開始用自己擅長的方式融入花蓮，包括辦創意工作坊、舉辦藝文講座、編印刊物等。