Born and raised in Hong Kong, Stephanie first studied voice with soprano Nancy Zi. She then obtained her Bachelor of Music Degree from San Francisco State University summa cum laude in 1982. She studied voice with sopranos Jeanette Hill and Kathryn Harvey, and conducting with Dr. Byron McGilvray.

Stephanie returned to Hong Kong in 1983, where she has devoted most of her time to teaching voice students and building up choirs. During the time when Stephanie was Music Director (1983-1993), the choir of St. Paul's Co-educational College has been chosen as the Best Secondary School Choir in Hong Kong for ten consecutive years. In 1992, the choir was given a Gold Award in the Third International Music Festival held in Sydney, Australia.

During her appointment as Music Director of the Learners Chorus (1993-96), Stephanie has planned and organized several concerts and musical performances. The Learners Chorus also premiered many new compositions for the Hong Kong composers, and was invited as a performing artist for the 1996 Hong Kong Art Festival. Stephanie has been in great demand as a speaker for choral conducting courses and workshops. She is also often invited as a guest conductor for concert performances. The choirs she has worked with include the Hong Kong Children's Choir, the Hong Kong Music Institute, the Northcote College of Education, the Hong Kong International Institute of Music and the Chinese YMCA Mission Choir. Stephanie also served as an adjudicator for the 47th and 48th Hong Kong Schools Music Festival.

As a singer, Stephanie has given solo recitals and has taken part in opera productions both in California and in Hong Kong. She is particularly noted for her interpretation of Mozartian roles and German Lieder. She is often invited to take the soprano solos of oratorios and sacred cantatas and she is also a great favorite with the operettas and music theatre.

Before settling in the Silicon Valley at the end of 1996, Stephanie has been a Lecturer in Voice at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the Head of General Musicianship at the Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts. She is presently teaching voice and piano in Milpitas.