Her family is of modest means; her father founded a small business selling wire, while her mother worked as an accountant.

[5] Among her first assignments for ETtoday News Cloud [zh] was the 2014 Taipei mayoral election race, during which she primarily covered the Sean Lien campaign.

[9] In her early days working for the Taipei City Government, Ko Wen-je gave her the nickname "short and small girl".

[11] In the video, Huang played the part of "Hsueh-chieh", leading the show's host, Andy Tai Chih-yuan, in experiencing a day in the life of a staffer in the office of the Mayor of Taipei.

[12] On 25 December 2018, as a result of Ko Wen-je's successful campaign for re-election as mayor, Huang and Ke Yu-an [zh] became deputy spokespeople for the Taipei City Government, assisting spokesperson Liu I-ting.

[14][15] In 2019, Huang resigned from her role at the city government to run for election as a Taiwan People's Party legislator-at-large in the Legislative Yuan.

It was reported in October 2022 that in her financial disclosure Huang stated that she did not have cash or real estate, but that she owned a Nissan Tiida compact car worth TWD650,000.

Huang has spoken of the difficulties that arose in her personal life when she shot to fame as a result of appearing on the Thursday Super Playing [zh] show on YouTube, including not being accustomed to being a public figure or being recognized on the street.

[4] Sources including the BBC have commented on the various phenomena related to Huang, and the societal and political trends reflected in her career and her media image.

As politicians in Taiwan and globally struggle to establish their relevance in the eyes of younger voters, Huang's expertise in managing social media in a manner relatable to young people has been widely recognized.

Huang's career is a case study in and reflects the necessity of winning the online space in politics and in public discourse, particularly when working for a political party facing a vast asymmetry of resources when compared with established parties - or when trying to disseminate messages to the populace on behalf of a local government body competing in a varied and boisterous media environment.