Mia is an actor, producer and theatre educator, also co-founder and Company Director of Nine Years Theatre (NYT). She started learning to perform in standard Mandarin at the age of 9 when she joined Rediffusion's children and youth radio drama group. Since then, she has been performing in school through her teenage years and eventually graduated with a B.A. in Theatre Studies and Chinese Language from the National University of Singapore. As a continuation from her background in radio work since young, she worked as a part-time DJ at Y.E.S. FM93.3 during the years 1997 – 2014. Since 2015, she has been teaching NYT’s Mandarin Enunciation classes, and also led other Mandarin speech training classes. She was a founding and core member of the NYT Ensemble through its journey (2014 - 2021), and led the ensemble in vocal and speech training.