The structural barriers were immediate. In Hong Kong, teaching requires a registration certificate, meaning she had to retrain despite years of experience. As she pursued work as a NET (Native English Teacher), she found herself at the lowest rung of the hierarchy. “I was the only brown girl… you have to work twice as hard to feel half as good.”The isolation was crushing. “When I was going through all those experiences in Hong Kong when I initially arrived, I was looking for some book like this which could validate my struggle, which could give me some hope… and I could not find anything.” Yet instead of silencing her, the struggle-built resilience.​She turned to writing. “I always wanted to share my experiences and stories, but then I realized that no one’s going to give you the mic, you’ve got to pick your mic and tell your story.” That realization became her turning point. She began authoring her own work, recently publishing a book to help others by sharing her journey.