Chun graduated from the University of California, Davis with a degree in engineering.
She worked in the solar energy field and as a mechanical engineer before becoming a programmer.
[1] She created the educational computer games Math Rescue and Word Rescue, published under Apogee, as well as the shareware platformer Pickle Wars, published by MVP Software.
[3][4] In the 1990s, she was part of the steering committee that founded the International Game Developers Network.
[6][7] Named after the Redwood Trees of Mendocino, California, the company is now located on Maui.