Hongmei obtained a honorable B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics from Shandong University, P. R. China, and carried out her graduate work at the Department of Applied Mathematics under the guidance of Professor Graham M. L. Gladwell at the University of Waterloo (UW). Her primary research interests are in the areas of image analysis, data science, numerical computations and their applications in real-world problems arisen from medicine and other industries. With her passionate about K-12 STEM outreach activities, she is dedicated to the development and promotion of mathematical modeling contests at Canadian high schools.