Shirley has always loved to dance starting with Chinese cultural dance in her childhood years to hitting the NYC hip hop club scene during her high school years. During her undergrad years at NYU and then grad school at Columbia University, she danced in and choreographed for different hip hop crews for school events. After graduating with her BS and MBA, she continued to take hip hop classes with various NYC dance studios, including Alvin Ailey, Broadway Dance Center and PMT Dance. In addition, she has performed at Madison Square Garden for the NY Liberty (WNBA) and at Barclays Center for the Brooklyn Nets pre-game shows.  Shirley currently works in product strategy in the tech industry and lives in Queens with her husband and 2 children.

 This is Shirley's 10th season with DanceWorks NYC and her 3rd season choreographing. She is excited to be back and choreographing again with her best dance friend and fellow mommy, Ellein!