Wan is an award-winning artist and designer, whose achievements include receiving The Members Hall of Fame Award on Ovation TV. In 2012, she was one of four artists selected to create public art during the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. She studied art at the Governor's School of North Carolina at Salem College in Winston-Salem and further honed her skills at institutions such as the Penland School of Craft, Spirit Square, and Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte.

Wan has collaborated with internationally renowned abstract, collage, and mixed-media artists, drawing on her diverse education, which also includes degrees in Interior Design and Horticulture Technology with a focus on Landscape Design. She leads workshops across the country and teaches privately in her garden studio, which was featured in Studios Magazine in 2010. Her work is exhibited in galleries around the world and is collected by individuals and corporations alike.