Born in 1953, Wang majored in drama at Chinese Culture University and got her masters at Trinity College in Texas before going on to study film at the University of San Francisco.
一九五三年出生的王小棣，文化大學戲劇系畢業後，赴美獲得美國德州三一大學劇場碩士，之後進入舊金山大學學習電影。