Huang Yingxiang is a bilingual director with a bachelor's degree from Peking University's School of Art and a directing degree from Florida State University, graduating in 2015. Her English-language short film Isa and the Frog Prince won the College Emmy/Television Award in 2016 and received two additional nominations. In 2015, she was also awarded the DGA Student Award for Best Asian American Student Filmmaker (East Region).