Shirley has been in the health and fitness industry since 1986 and is a professional sports and fitness educator in Asia. Currently, she is a Continue Education Training (CET) Lecturer in the Sports Health and Leisure Department of the Republic Polytechnic Singapore and is the Head of Health and Fitness Program at Health and Fitness Training Network Pte Ltd.

She sits in Singapore’s People’s Association Talent Advisory Penal (TAP) to oversees group exercise trainer’s standard and training. Since 2010, Shirley has served as an ad-hoc fitness coach / facilitator and corporate wellness speaker for the Ministry Medical Group, talks and fitness programmes that are approved by the Health Promotion Board (HPB).
In China, she is the Children and Youth fitness educator for LION Beijing Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence Sports Club, Children and Youth Fitness advisor cum Fitness Programmes Director for Shanghai The Little Seals Multi-Sports Club.
She was the President of the Singapore Fitness Instructors Association in 1996-2001. Shirley also had lectured for Singapore Sports Council Basic Exercise Course, Fitness Instructors Course, Aerobics Instructors course from 2000 – 2006, and served on the Republic Polytechnic Education Advisory Committee Board and assisted the school to develop the Diploma in Sports and Exercise Science in 2005 – 2009. From 2006 – 2009, she developed the Fitness Instructor Certification at ITE Technical Education Institute.
Additional she was invited to lecture in Beijing Sport School, Chengdu Sport School, Hangzhou Sport School in Children and Youth Fitness Workshops, Sports Injuries and Prevention Workshops, Training Children with Special Needs, Developmental Psychology and Adolescent Behaviour Modification, Personal Trainer Enhancement Course and several others.