Cindera started her career as a dancer appearing on a weekly television variety show at the age of twelve, in her hometown Taipei, Taiwan. In 1977, her father purchased a House of Pies restaurant in Orange County and moved the family to the United States. She landed her first professional job in the U.S. on ABC’s Fantasy Island. Some of her most memorable dancing jobs include: partnering with Donald O’Connor in Out to Sea, pop-locking in Breakin’ 2 Electric Boogaloo, dancing on the freeway in La La Land and salsaing in the Showtime series Penny Dreadful, City of Angels.