She graduated with an
AB Communication Arts degree from the
De La Salle University in 1991. After graduation, Yap-Yang joined
ABS-CBN and tenured for eight years (1992–2000) as reporter, researcher and pinch-hitter for the former Philippine vice president (and now journalist)
Noli de Castro on
TV Patrol. She succeedingly became a business news presenter for several Sarimanok News Network (SNN, later called the
ABS-CBN News Channel or ANC) shows, such as
Stock Market Live,
The World Tonight, and
The Weekend News. She also co-hosted the show,
Usapang Business in tandem with
Ces Drilon on ABS-CBN. In 2000, the
Reuters Foundation sent Yang to the
Oxford University to take a Masters in Journalism and in
Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Months later, she joined
Bloomberg TV in
Tokyo, and then moved afterward to
Hong Kong. Yang also joined
Reuters Television as their news anchor from 2010 to 2013, and
CCTV News as their reporter covering the whole of Hong Kong from 2013 to 2015. In 2015, Yang re-joined ABS-CBN as the face of its business news coverage, as well as becoming its managing editor. She served as the anchor of ANC's
Market Edge and of
Business Nightly (replacing Warren de Guzman) in September 2015. On August 6, 2020, Yang joined
PLDT as First Vice President and Group Communications Officer. She also oversaw the communications needs of the MVP Group of Companies, which includes
Smart Communications and
TV5 Network. She voluntarily retired on December 1, 2024. On April 21, 2023, it was reported that Yang would be making her TV comeback via Cignal TV's One News as the host of a new interview program titled
Thought Leaders, which began airing in May 2023. On January 1, 2025, she assumed the position of Head of Programs at
Cignal TV, Inc. while continuing her duties as the presenter of
Thought Leaders and the business morning news program
Money Talks with Cathy Yang. ==Personal life==