Ann Hu began playing piano at age 8, gymnastics at age 9, competing in National Oratorical Contests at age 13, classical singing at 14, and at age 17 was accepted into the NYU Tisch School of the Arts musical theater department at CAP21 (Collaborative Arts Project 21st Century).
Soon after, she was chosen to participate in 'Selected Shorts' (a live broadcast reading of selected short stories) at the Symphony Space Theater alongside Stephen Lang (Avatar) and Tony award winning actress Leslie Uggam