Like the vast majority of Hong Kong people raised under British rule, Cheung grew up reading Louis Cha's chivalric novels and getting a British-style education. After completing high school and university in the UK, she earned a Master's degree in sociology from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
跟英國治理時期的大多數香港年輕人一樣，嗜讀金庸武俠作品的張翠容從小接受英國教育，並在英國完成高中及大學教育。