Early on, she spent a lot of money on materials, books and tuition, and then experienced six or seven years of financial hardship before finally turning a corner. She returned to her home village before the August 8 floods to establish a workshop, and she has also found opportunities to teach at schools and other organizations.
她早期在台北、台中等地跑活動，銷售原鄉服飾，原先是為了搭配衣服開始學串珠、編織，一路下來要買材料、書籍、交學費，咬著牙做了六、七年才苦盡甘來，88 水災前回那瑪夏鄉自己開工作室，也得到一些學校機構教課的機會。