Hongyun has taught children, teens, and adults since the 1990's and has developed techniques for expanding creativity, confidence, and artistic skill in all of her students.

Hongyun is a highly skilled artist who has trained with some of the most renowned artists in China. Her experience is rather unique in that she has deep rooted artistic training not only traditional art forms from China, but is also highly trained in modern art forms and techniques as a graduate with honors from UC Berkeley. Her artistic talents and creative energy span all styles of artistic drawing, painting, and sculpture.

While attending the prestigious Shanghai Theater Academy for Stage Design, Hongyun also taught adult art classes in her own art school in central Shanghai. She attributes her natural artistic abilities to her grandfather who was a master Chinese brush artist and teacher and her father who was a draftsman and artistic renderer for the Chinese military.