Qin Leng was born in Shanghai (China), moved to Bordeaux (France), then to Montreal (Canada). She is now living and working as a designer and animator in Toronto (Canada). Her father, an artist himself, was of great influence to her. She grew up surrounded by paintings and it became a second nature for her to express herself through art.She graduated from The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in 2006 (Montreal,CA) with a Bachelor degree in Film Animation. She has received many awards for her animated short films and artworks and has worked as an animator and designer at the National Film Board of Canada in Montreal, CORE digital pictures and Yowza Animation in Toronto.