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.
Books include How Will I Behave Today and the Rest of My Life?, Everything We Do Matters, In One Lifetime: Pure Land Buddhism, Awaken to the Buddha Within, and path to peace. Edited and contributed to Heart of a Buddha.