Youmin is a certified Forest Therapy Guide and Trainer with the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs (ANFT). As one of the pioneer ANFT certified forest therapy guides in Southeast Asia, she has been practising full-time since late 2017 and has led thousands of people – both local and international, on these urban nature-based wellbeing experiences. Together with her professional and academic backgrounds grounded in Science and research, she excels in navigating the worlds of quantification and logic, as well as that of the subtler arts of wellbeing.

Youmin founded Xiu Nature Connections, an award-winning entity in Singapore that curates and delivers restful, nature-inspired wellbeing experiences for the masses. Forest therapy is one of their signature programmes, and the innovative and collaborative ways of bringing that into the urban landscape  have conferred Xiu Nature Connections the prestigious Singapore Tourism Board Awards: Outstanding Wellness Experience awards for 2023 and 2024.

Youmin is currently based in Singapore and Taiwan.