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I was born on October 5, 1977 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I have
lived in New Jersey for most of my life. I lived in Fords, New Jersey until I
was around 4 or 5 years old. Then I moved to Edison, New Jersey and lived
there until I was 13. I went to a local nursery school called ABZ and I don't
have too many memories of it except that at snacktime everyday we ate graham
crackers and drank milk. I attended a Catholic School called St. Matthews
from kindergarten to third grade. I would often climb over our backyard fence
to play around in the big field behind St. Matthews. I later on went to
public school and was faced with one of the biggest shocks of my life. Before,
I had been in a Catholic school and people weren't considered nerds, if
anything the people who went there were just going to be different, whether it
be that their parents were very religious or whatever. I had the hardest time
adjusting to public school life with all its cliques. Living in Edison was a
rather difficult part of my life. I moved to Neshanic Station, New Jersey in 8th grade. This was such a complete change compared to living in Edison. In high school, my extra curriculars were Cross Country (X-Country), Fencing, and Spring Track. I was also in a bunch of little clubs such as Spanish Club, Academic Club (sort of like College Bowl... but for high school students), Amnesty International, Math League (6 question tests every month), and National Honors Society (NHS). I also sang in choir and was a soprano II. I did fairly well in high school which is why I went to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and attended Carnegie Mellon University. I have a Bachelors Degree in CS from CMU, May 1999. I have an older brother, Han Young Huang, who recently finished his masters' degree at MIT. Years ago, he was the Editor-in-Chief on Counterpoint which is a combined MIT and Wellesley magazine. In the past he has been affiliated with Objectivists and Extropians. He currently lives in Manhattan and works for a hedge fund. Most of my family lives in Taiwan. The only relatives I have that live in the United States are my uncle, aunt, and four cousins. Recently, in two weeks of January/February 2008, I was in Taiwan for Chinese New Year's and Thailand (Bangkok and Chiang Mai) and to see my relatives some of which I hadn't seen for over 10 years.
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Here's a picture of my brother and I taken sometime in 1981: