Prior to embarking on her first documentary, HUANG worked for Taiwanese NGOs, advocating for labour rights and social justice. It was during this time that she began documenting the plight of the disadvantaged and the voiceless. Her intimate profiles of the less fortunate and the exploited became tools used for social change.

Most recently, she served as Secretary General of Taipei Documentary Filmmakers' Union, and is currently working on her memoir to be published in 2017.