After obtaining a master’s degree in marine environment, YU Li-ping stepped into the world of media, educating the public through her words and videos. She was a journalist and is now the producer of PTS news programme Our Island. Her documentary Ferrying Across: the Tamsui River won “Best of EARTH VISION” at the 19th EARTH VISION Tokyo Global Environmental Film Festival. Her Hermit Crabs in Plastic House was on the shortlists of several national and international film festivals.