She took the initiative to send her resume to the Kaohsiung city government, and not only was she taken on, she became a close aide to then-Kaohsiung mayor Wu Dun-yi, mapping out policy for Kaohsiung's environmental protection and other social movements.
她即曾以毛遂自薦的方式，寄履歷去高雄市政府，不但獲得任用，還成為當時高雄市長吳敦義的左右手，為高雄的環境保護與社會運動獻策。