Born in Los Angeles, raised in Taipei and Los Angeles, Claudia Cheng is a Taiwanese American fashion designer. She graduated from Taipei European School (British Section/Taipei British School) in 2013. Following her IB education at TES, Claudia went on to attend Otis College of Art and Design (Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design) and graduated in 2017 with a BFA in Fashion Design and won an Otis Thimble Award at the Otis College of Art and Design Scholarship Benefit and Fashion Senior Show.