Liz, a native of Shanghai, attended St. Mary’s High School and the University of Hong Kong before she and her family immigrated to the U.S. She received her B.Sc. (English) from the University of San Francisco, her M.A. (English) from the University of California, Berkeley and an A.M.L.S.(Library Science) from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Since settling in the Greater Detroit area in the sixties, Liz has been very active in community and church affairs. She founded and chaired many organizations, some of which are: the Chinese Cultural Center, the Chinese American Educational and Cultural Center of Michigan, the Chinese Room (at Wayne State University), the Human Rights for China in Michigan and more recently, the Chinese Catholic Society in Michigan.
Liz, a former librarian, is now a free lance writer and has authored five books, three on Chinese cooking and two in Chinese folklore. She lectures and teaches Chinese culinary art and history occasionally and is a frequent guest in the media. Liz has chaired and emceed many functions, including, but not limited to, the three big rallies in Detroit in support for the Tiannamen Massacre.
She and her husband Albert, who is a professor and director of Bioengineering at Wayne State University, travel frequently to Asia, Europe and Australia, and she speaks Mandarin, Canton, Shanghai and Fukien dialects fluently. The Kings have two sons and three grandchildren.