When she was 10 her whole family moved to Brazil, where she was the only Chinese in her class. She couldn't understand a word, and was for a time thought to have a learning disability, so she was sent for special education.
她十歲時全家移民巴西，當時班上只有她一個中國人，陳昭妃一句話都聽不懂，一度被老師認為學習能力有問題，被送到特殊教育學校。