A few years ago, Circle faced family reorganization. Now, she has a new family with two daughters with different last names. When her marriage ran into its first storm, Circle had no idea what to do. There was a lack of relevant public resources besides the library, where she read every available book about divorce. In the process of reorganizing her family, she found herself “crossing the river by feeling the stones” – cobbling together a path – until she met another young mother, who could not stop crying. She repeatedly whispered: “They don’t let my three-year-old daughter see me…” This made Circle realize she wasn’t alone after all.
Sharing her stories of love and separation, Circle wrote and self-published her first book a moments. She found that while separation is painful, speaking about her experiences helped her find her voice.
Later, Circle met more people with similar experiences. She compiled their stories into another book titled Two nests – Love from both, which featured the topic of divorced parents and co-parenting. She recorded the journey of the restoring process. Although there is no ending point of the healing , we gain hope and power when our stories are deeply shared and listened to. Circle believes that art can open a window into and promote discussion of social issues. She converted the book into a Readers’ Theater Work: the first of its kind and acted by divorced family members and professional actors. It attempts to spread the values behind “Child-focused Co-parenting”, so that the public can better understand the difficulties and struggles divorced families face.
Circle is now studying a Master degree in Children’s Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. She also launched a picture book series titled Today is Friday: A Story of Living Apart, Time Together with her team to address gender-based violence and family restructuring in Asia. It has been selected in the longlisted project for the Unpublished Picturebooks Showcase 3. Selected out of 400 projects from 60 countries, it was presented to the international publishers and agents on the dPICTUS platform throughout 2022.
As a graduate of the Department of Cultural Studies at Lingnan University, Circle has worked for the Anti-480 Anti-Sexual Violence Resource Center under the Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women. She is also a columnist on the parent-child online platform POPA Channel and has volunteered for “Slut Walk” Hong Kong. She strives for women’s rights to personal security and has promoted gender education for more than a decade.