Born in 1946 in New York. As a student of Venerable Master Chin Kung, became a nun in Texas in 1997 and received full ordination in Taiwan. Follows the Pure Land school of Mahayana Buddhism.
From 1998 to 2001, lectured in Singapore and Malaysia. In 1999, appointed Head of the Silent Voices translation team. Relocated to Australia in 2001 and became Teacher of the Amitabha Buddhist Retreat Centre in Nanango, Queensland. In 2004, became Director of the Amitabha Buddhist Retreat Centre and appointed Vice President of the Pure Land Learning College Association Inc. in Toowoomba, Australia.
2004 to 2007 was based in both Australia and the United States, and lectured in Australia, Asia, and North America. Currently resides in Australia where she is now writing a children's book.
Books include path to peace, Awaken to the Buddha Within, In One Lifetime: Pure Land Buddhism, and Everything We do Matters. Edited and contributed to Heart of a Buddha.