Joe was graduated from Chinese University of Hong Kong with Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Language and Literature and Master of Education (Policy Studies in Education). He obtained Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Liberal Studies Teaching) from the Hong Kong Baptist University and is currently a doctoral candidate of the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) with concentration in Social Sciences in Education.

He taught as a Lecturer of the Department of Education Policy and Leadership of  EdUHK and was the Principal of HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity (HKSC). He is currently serving as HKSC's Consultant (School Management and Development) and the Research Fellow of the Xiqu and Intangible Cultural Heritage Centre of EdUHK.

Joe is one of the founders of Utopia and participates in most of its productions, including as Producer of the initial staging of III Domains: Human, Ghost, Deity. He wrote all the introductory passages of Utopia’s productions and assisted in the education and promotion projects. He is active in writing for the media, including Ming Pao, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Apple Daily, Liberalstudies.tv and Media Digest, on such topics as politics, education and cultural policy.