In 1999, while studying in the graduate school of Spanish of Fu Jen Catholic University, Wu Meng-chen, who is proficient in English, Spanish, Italian and French, volunteered her services in a letter to the then head of the Cultural Affairs Bureau and became an intern performance-troupe guide at the festival. In 2001 she formally joined the work team and took on the challenging responsibility of inviting international performing troupes to participate.
精通英、西、義、法 4 國語言的吳孟真，1999 年在輔仁大學西班牙語文學研究所攻讀時，毛遂自薦寫了一封信給當時的文化局局長林德福，成為隨隊工讀生的一員，並在 2001 年正式加入團隊，負責挑戰性很高的國際團隊邀請工作。