God has instilled in Dora a passion for campus ministry and cross-cultural work since her college years. Seeking better preparation for this calling, she chose ethnomusicology as her field of PhD study at the Ohio State University after completing her master’s in piano performance at Manhattan School of Music. Since the age of 14, Dora has been using her music talent to serve in the church.

God significantly transformed Dora’s life through a student fellowship when she was an undergraduate student in Taiwan, her home country. After coming to the US, God continued to shape her through the local church and international student ministry, including an IFI’s internship program. Since 2010, Dora has been facilitating Bible discussions and 1-on-1 discipleships, serving as a mentor to college and graduate students. Witnessing lives transformed by God humbles her and brings her joy. She’s convinced that there is no better reward on earth than to participate in these life-changing stories. Like fishers of men (Mat 4:19; Mar 1:17), God calls Dora to be a “heavenly musician” who sings the song of salvation and ushers all nations to worship Jesus.

Currently serving as an assistant professor at Dallas International University, Dora prepares cross-cultural workers in the area of ethnodoxology—a movement calling all peoples and ethnicities to worship the God of the Bible using their heart languages and culturally appropriate expressions. Dora desires that all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues come to know Him and worship Him both biblically and culturally. Based in Dallas, TX, Dora also serves international students in the DFW area.