Lina’s grandparents immigrated to the United States and opened their own Chinese restaurant in the early 1960s. She is a second-generation immigrant living in New York City, a place renown for the diversity of its food and having some of the best restaurants in the World! She realized at a young age, working in her grandparent’s restaurant, that she absolutely wanted to make a career in cooking industry. She has been cooking for others ever since. She has owned a Chinese fast food restaurant in a large shopping mall for several years before settling down and having children of her own. She now shares her passion about food and eating with her readers in her best-selling series Takeout Cookbook where she presents the best takeout restaurant recipes from a diverse cuisine including Chinese, Thai, Korean, Greek, Indian, Italian and many more.

Lina lives in New York City with her husband and two small children.