Marie-France Collin graduated from the San Diego campus of Pacific College with a master's degree in Traditional Oriental Medicine. She has spent over 20 years in Asia studying languages and the many cultural aspects of the countries she lived in, as well as Oriental medicine in its various forms and applications. She started studying Qi Gong in 1990 with Master Mantak Chia, founder of Universal Tao, became an instructor in 1996 and has taught it ever since.