Jinna was born off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. Her forefathers came as traders from China a few hundred years ago. She migrated to Canada in 1967 and settled in Toronto. She graduated from University and became a primary school teacher. She was spiritually awakened after the Harmonic Convergence by the Goddess Quan Yin. She began to channel the messages of the Goddess and became an ordained Spiritual Minister. She began her work as a Spiritual counselor and Spiritual healer based on these messages and published 4 books.
Her latest book Quan Yin Speaks contains the messages she received from the Goddess. As instructed by the Goddess she founded an energy healing modality based on this book.
Since her awakening she has guided meditation circles, spoke at many spiritual seminars both in the US and Canada and has been teaching the Quan Yin Energy Healing method. The Goddess has named her Shih Yin and she has used it as her pen name ever since.