Hello! I’m a freelance location sound woman based in Chicago, IL and working worldwide. My credits include feature-length documentaries like:

• Becoming (Michelle Obama Documentary, Netflix, 2020, dir. Nadia Hallgren)
• It’s Only Life After All (Indigo Girls Documentary, Sundance 2023, dir. Alexandria Bombach)
• The Big Payback (Tribeca 2022, dir. Erika Alexander and Whitney Dow)
• And She Could Be Next (Tribeca, POV, 2020, dir. Grace Lee and Marjan Safinia, prod. Jyoti Sarda)
• America To Me (Sundance, 2018, dir. Steve James)
• Any Given Day (Hot Docs, 2021, dir. Margaret Byrne)
• The Dilemma of Desire (SXSW, 2020, dir. Maria Finitzo)
• Radical Grace (Hot Docs, 2015, dir. Rebecca Parrish)
• True Memories and Other Falsehoods (in production, dir. Debra Tolchinsky)
• For The Left Hand (in production, dir. Gordon Quinn and Leslie Simmer)

I trained at Northwestern University and have been freelancing for the last 14 years.

Michelle Obama and Conan O’Brien speaking with high school juniors from across Milwaukee. Becoming (Netflix, 2020) directed by Nadia Hallgren

Filming with Bushra Amiwala on the set of And She Could Be Next (Tribeca, POV 2020) by Grace Lee, Marjan Safinia and Jyoti Sarda

My passion is working on documentary film sets. I have experience working in all kinds of conditions, whether it’s in tiny rooms, in large crowds, or in “ninja-stealth mode” in tricky situations.

Documentary crews tend to be small, so with all-rounded production knowledge (I also DP and direct), I’m always ready to lend a helping hand in other production aspects, whenever the team is in a pinch.

Fellow crew members have told me I have a great work ethic, am a calm problem-solver, and have the ability to put people at ease. I’m also petite and can easily hide in nooks and crannies to stay out of the shot.

I truly enjoy the work I do, and am looking forward to working with you.

Reach me anytime for your upcoming sound person needs. I am based in Chicago, but frequently travel for projects. Shuling Yong at locationsoundwoman@gmail.com or (224) 735-0541

Working with DP Margaret Byrne, following the story of Congresswoman-Elect Lauren Underwood on the set of Surge.

On set in the ruins of Ostia, Italy with Director/DP Rebecca Parrish for Radical Grace (Hot Docs, 2015)