She received her bachelor's degree from China University of Mining and Technology and her Master's degree from the University of Texas-Pan American. Then she went on to earn her Ph.D. in mathematics from Texas A&M University. Prior to joining Towson University, she worked as a post-doctoral scholar at the University of South Florida. Her research interests are in Partial Differential Equations, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Mathematical Physics. She is enthusiastic about teaching and has 7 years of classroom teaching experience.