Awa graduated from Shanghai University in January 1982 with a Bachelor degree in Sports Science Education. Following that she lectured on sports science at universities in Shanghai, China, for 7 years before moving to Australia. 
 
In Australia, Awa coached volleyball for the University of Canberra and A.C.T. Academy of Sport from 1992 until 1996. During this time Awa led her team to many victories, including the Australian Universities’ Games Championship in 1996. 
 
Since then she has completed a Diploma in Remedial Massage at the Australian Institute of Applied Sciences (2002), and become a member of the Australian Natural Therapists Association (2004). She began her own practice, Phoenix Remedial Therapy, in 2002 and practised at Melrose Clinic, in Wodonga from 2002 until 2008 before moving her practice to her home.
 
In 2010, Awa completed a course of Tuina (traditional  Chinese manipulative therapy)and Acupuncture at the International Educational Centre of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University. Awa attended the ‘Hot Issues in Nutrition and Health’ conference at Tongji University, in Shanghai China, and was invited to the joint 11th Annual Conference of The Society of Chinese Scholars of Exercise Physiology and Fitness, and the 5th Shanghai International Forum on Exercise and Health. 
 
Since then, Awa has treated a various clients with ages from as young as 6 weeks and as old as 94 years old, and with injuries and symptoms including sports injuries, frozen shoulder, cerebral palsy, tennis elbow, arthritis, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, and anxiety. In her practice she combines elements of traditional Chinese medicine, Western remedial therapy, and Sports Medicine, along with treatments she has developed out of her own experience.  
 
Awa’s treatment methods include manipulation of tendons and muscles, cupping (suction therapy), tuina (Chinese massage) and moxibustion (dry herb heat candling).