Jen-Jen  Lin holds a Master of Fine Arts in Dance from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. As a young adult, Lin served as artistic director for the Lan-Yang Chinese Folklore Performing Dance Company, the company toured internationally.  In the U.S., she danced with the Chicago-based modern dance company, Jan Erkert & Dancers, taught dance at the University of Chicago, IL, College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, Trinity College in Hartford, CT, and Vanderbilt University Dance Program, Nashville, TN. 

Lin is the founder and director of Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville (CAAN) established in 2002 (www.ChineseArtsAlliance.org).  She is a dancer, choreographer, dance educator, drummer, and producer.  She produced several dance productions at Vanderbilt’s Ingram Hall, and her recent endeavor is to host an annual public Chinese New Year Celebration at Centennial Park to further share her Taiwanese Chinese American heritage.