王娟现就读于纽约大学电影专业，前不久，她导演拍摄的短片Loves Routine获得了Jameson First Shot2013 奖，并且在纽约专门为她举办了首映典礼。该奖项由著名演员Kevin Spacey创立，旨在引荐和扶持年轻演员。王娟说这个奖项是对她一直以来努力的肯定。

Shirlyn Wong was beginning to think she had chosen the wrong career. The Queens native had attended the United Nations International School near her Jamaica Estates home and then Brown University, where she graduated with a degree in computer science. After taking a film class, she decided to try a different route and is now in her final year at New York University working toward her master’s degree in film production

「堅持你的夢想，不管踫到什麼困難，都不要放棄，就會有成功的希望。幾年前我聽到這句話時，覺得根本就是個謊言，可是現在我覺得說得太有道理了！」