Shirley Zhang Shaw

Founder of Big Feet Health Group. Graduated from Nankai University with a degree in Mathematics in 1984. After working for Tianjin Development Zone and building a ceramic enterprise in Shenzhen with her husband, she immigrated to Canada in 1997. After facing business challenges in China, she returned to Canada and became a foot massage therapist, attending a well-known institute in Yangzhou, China. She studied under a highly respected professor in acupuncture but had to decline the professor's offer and returned to Canada with her children. She faced numerous challenges establishing her reflexology practice in Vancouver due to the absence of a regulatory department for reflexology. After a year and a half of perseverance, she obtained the appropriate license and became the first of her kind in the area. In 2009, she became a registered Chinese medicine practitioner in BC (acupuncture + herbs). Over 18 years, she built the business to over 20 locations and more than 300 employees.