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I was born in Aceh, Indonesia, a country with over three hundred ethnic groups and dialects, fourth generation of Chinese migrant descent from Guangdong province in Southern China. Growing up in Indonesia, my childhood was filled with accounts of racial and religious tensions. In 1998, I left Indonesia and immigrated to Singapore following anti-Chinese minority violence in the form of rioting, robbing, raping, and killing. I met my husband, a European New Zealander, in Singapore and our two boys were born there. In 2004, the Boxing Day Tsunami hit my parental hometown and killed over 170,000 of its residents including my mother and many of my childhood friends. This prompted me to re-evaluate my life and in 2009 I gave up my 15 years banking career. In 2010, I immigrated to Aotearoa New Zealand following my family, after a year living in Suzhou, China. Reviving my long-time passion for art, I started taking art classes again shortly after arriving in Auckland. In 2014, I decided to pursue my second degree in Fine Arts.
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