黃瀞瑩生長喺臺北市士林區天母地區，父親創業銷售線材，母親係會計，姖係家中長女，有個細佬。從小父母期望姖讀財經系或企業管理系，或當笛子音樂家或公務員，但係姖嘅"反骨個性"讓姖選擇讀新聞系。
Huang Huiying grew up in the Tianmu area of Shilin District, Taipei City, her father started a business and sold wires, her mother was an accountant, and Lin was the eldest daughter in the family with a younger brother. Since childhood, her parents expected to study finance or business management, or become a flute musician or civil servant, but her "anti-bone personality" made her choose to study journalism.