Donald Heng was born in 1990 in Vancouver, British Columbia. He first took an interest in acting when he entered Prince of Wales Secondary School while working under the direction of local actors Fred Galloway and Cailin Stadnyk. He has since continued to develop his acting talents at Simon Fraser University's School for the Contemporary Arts with Heidi Taylor and Patti Allan. . He is currently studying at The Actor's Foundry with Matthew Harrison.