Yulin Kuang was born in Guangzhou, China and grew up in Kansas, New Jersey, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she studied creative writing and film. She lives in Los Angeles and works as an independent filmmaker. She is known for her YouTube channels YulinisWorking and Shipwrecked Comedy, as well as her use of transmedia storytelling, specifically focused on Tumblr.