Entertainment's predebut group SM Rookies on March 14, 2014. She trained for less than two years before she was introduced as a member of S.M. She recalled singing Kim Gun-mo's "Moon of Seoul" and passed. Wendy originally did not intend to audition for SM Entertainment, but was cast by the company when she accompanied a friend to the S.M. In 2018, YG Entertainment's then CEO Yang Hyun-suk revealed that Wendy once auditioned for the company but wasn't accepted. Though she was not the final winner, she was one of fifteen finalists personally picked by Korean singer G.NA and Koreaboo from over 5,000 videos to continue to the final round in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and open for G.NA's first solo showcase. In 2010, she submitted an online audition for Koreaboo's Global Auditions in 2011 with Cube Entertainment. Her parents were initially against her pursuing a career in music and wanted her to focus on her studies, but while she was still in high school, they eventually allowed her to audition to become a singer in South Korea. While living in both countries, she became fluent in English and also learned to speak some French and Spanish. Returning to Canada, she later studied at Richmond Hill High School in Richmond Hill, Ontario, where she participated in the school's show choir called Vocal Fusion.
There, she started using her English name 'Wendy Shon'. She lived in Brockville, Ontario before moving to the United States to attend Shattuck-Saint Mary's in Faribault, Minnesota, where she was an honor student and athlete, and earned various awards for academics and music-related activities. She lived with her family in Jecheon until her fifth year of elementary school, when she moved to Canada with her older sister, Shon Seung-hee, to study abroad.
Besides her passion for singing, she is also able to play several instruments, including the piano, guitar, flute, and saxophone. Coming from a family of music lovers, Wendy showed interest in becoming a singer when she was only six years old. Wendy was born on Februin Seongbuk-dong, a neighborhood in Seongbuk District in Seoul, South Korea.
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