[3] Poon grew up with eight other siblings, including her twin sister in New Canaan, Connecticut and studied painting at the School of Visual Arts.
Once, her mother excused her from school to visit the Metropolitan Museum for a day, which deeply impressed young Poon.
[1][5] Poon cites the drawings of Shel Silverstein, Quentin Blake, and John Lennon as her main influences.
[1] Inspired by games she played with her sister in the bath as a child, Poon created her short "Runaway Bathtub.
[5] At the end of the film, the man "reading" the accounts flies out of the window, which according to Poon, represents how anyone can travel to another spiritual state.
[4] "The Split House" depicts Poon's own struggle with mental illness, specifically, with schizoaffective disorder.