Reverend Shiou Huei is from Taipei, Taiwan. Her family name was Huang. She graduated from Taiwan National University's Nursing Department. Afterwords, she worked at Taiwan National Hospital and was in charge of setting up the Intensive Care Unit at Kuo Tai Hospital. She later earned a Master's degree from UCLA and returned to Taiwan to teach.Her career in the hospital reminded her of the impermanence of life and the serious consequences of karma. Thus, she started studying Buddhism and visited various Buddhist sites in southeast Asia. She took her vows in September 1997. She is currently in charge of the Temple's Practices.