In 1977, after completing a master's degree in drama at the Oregon State University, she spent six months in Los Angeles. She would often travel from there to Santa Barbara to see the writer Kenneth Pai.
1977 年，李昂完成美國奧立崗州立大學的戲劇學碩士學位後，轉往洛杉磯住了半年，經常受邀到白先勇位於加州聖塔芭芭拉的家中作客。