For over 20 years, Ms. Tina has been teaching piano to students of all levels: beginning to advanced. Her teaching focuses on building and applying core skills in technique, sight reading, ear training and theoretical musical analysis to the classical music repertoire. Her students participate in Certificate of Merit (CM) and ABRSM exams. She is a member of the Music Teachers Association of California (MTAC) and the Chinese Music Teachers Association of Northern California (CMTANC).

Ms. Tina began studying piano in the Bay Area at the age of 5 with Jean Nakamoto, and later with Gail Lew and Daniel Cheng. She was a MTAC Young Artist Guild member from 2001-2006. At UCLA, she studied piano performance under the guidance of Prof. Walter Ponce and collaborative performance under the guidance of Prof. Jennifer Snow. While at UCLA, she gave piano lessons at the Boys and Girls Club of Hollywood.

Ms. Tina enjoys helping students actively engage with music, grow into musicians and cultivate a lifelong learning mentality. 

Ms. Tina likes discovering new playlists on YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify. Her favorite artists include: Alice Sara Ott, Lea Desandre, TwoSetViolin, Yeol Eum Son, Yunchan Lim, Dinu Lipatti, Andras Schiff, Murray Perahia, Jascha Heifetz, Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Art Tatum, Clara Haskil, Annie Fischer, Nikolai Kapustin, Sviatoslav Richter, Lucas Debargue, Christopher Herrick, Radu Lupu.