Lurie College of Education at San Jose State University (SJSU). She received both of her Master of Arts Degree and Doctor of Philosophy (1989) at the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, with an emphasis on Chinese and English reading-learning abilities and disabilities. She also minored in research methodology and bilingual education. She joined SJSU as an Associate Professor in fall 1990 and was promoted to a Full Professor in spring 1996. In summer 2011, she took an early retirement and participated in the SJSU's Faculty Early Retirement Program (FERP).