After completing her Masters degree in Architectural Design at Columbia University, she has participated in numerous public housing projects and initiatives with Non-Profit Organizations in New York City. Since 2005, she has moved to Seoul teaching and practicing as architecture professor, researcher, and curator. She was a curator for the Gwangju Design Biennale in 2011, and the head researcher for Architecture in Asia collection for the Archive and Research Library Park at the Asian Culture Complex in Gwangju in 2014.