She also worked on the third season of Rick and Morty, writing the episode "Pickle Rick" and co-creating the reoccurring character of Dr. Wong, and wrote for Silicon Valley, Robot Chicken, The Mighty B!, Back at the Barnyard, Star Wars: Detours, and Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness.
After winning the Nickelodeon Writers Fellowship in 2006, Gao began her career writing for the network's shows like The Mighty B!, Back at the Barnyard, Big Time Rush and Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, before leaving to freelance on other shows such as Adult Swim's Robot Chicken, Cartoon Network's The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange, and Disney XD's Lab Rats.
[2][3] Gao and Rick and Morty co-creator, Dan Harmon, collaborated on a podcast series entitled "Whiting Wongs" that discussed race and privilege in Hollywood.
Gao left Rick and Morty after the third season to develop a sitcom for ABC,[6][7] which landed a pilot episode order in 2019, directed by Jude Weng.
[11] In July 2019, she was chosen to write the script for the upcoming movie based on Sweet Valley High.