Tay Lee Ying was born in Melaka, Malaysia. She received the BBA (HONS) Banking and Finance with first class honours from the University of Multimedia, Malaysia, in 2012.
In March, 2015, she joined Faculty of Business, Univeristy of Multimedia, as an assistant lecturer in Foundation Department. While lecturing for few years, she has completed her Mphil degree in Finance in 2017. Her current research interest includes stock price movement analysis and banking related topics. Also, she is pursuing her PhD in Multimedia University with the topic related to stock price informativeness.