The real turning point came on a school trip to the United States. She travelled with her teacher to Colorado, where she witnessed something that struck her deeply. “I saw everybody so happy. Everyone! And everyone was different body shapes, body types — and they were all dancing so happily,” she recalls. “That trip made me want to leave my university. It made me think, why do I still want to move, why do I want to dance? The answer was so simple: because it makes me happy. That was it. I asked myself, "Why am I so mentally unwell at my university, if dancing is supposed to bring me joy?” This clarity planted the seed that would later push her to leave Taiwan and pursue her path abroad.The real turning point came on a school trip to the United States.