Ngo-yin taught at St. Edward's Catholic Primary School after graduation. She was gratified to find that what she had learnt from the Institute could be put to practice."I could acutely feel how different teaching methods made different impacts on the students. They would be totally engaged in a music lesson if the students found it 'great fun’. With support from the school principal and the subject head, I tried various approaches to teaching music with my class. I would say I learnt more than my students did during those two years at the frontline," she said.

Inspired by her tutors, Ngo-yin decided to break away from the all-so-familiar Hong Kong environment and pursued her deep interest in education research on foreign soil. The two years in teaching had given her enough ammunition both in terms of money and practical experience to embark on research ventures of her own.