Lia Chang, Marissa Chang-Flores, Russell Chang, Asia Flores, Tami Chang and Carlos Flores.

Asia Flores Receives Associate of Arts degree in Fashion Design at 2016 FIDM Graduation at the STAPLES Center

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Tami Chang, Lia Chang and Marissa Chang-Flores. Photo by Lia Chang

Tami Chang, Lia Chang and Marissa Chang-Flores. Photo by Lia Chang

Congratulations to our niece Asia Flores, who received her Associate of Arts degree in Fashion Design during the 2016 FIDM Graduation Ceremony at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on June 20, 2016. Asia’s grandpa Russell Chang; her parents, Marissa Chang-Flores and Carlos Flores; her aunties Lia Chang and Tami Chang; her Auntie Pauline Chang and her cousin Leah Baptista, were in attendance. Below are highlights of the day.

At 4:30pm, the temperature was in the 90's. Photo by Lia Chang

At 4:30pm, the temperature was in the 90’s. Photo by Lia Chang

2016 FIDM Graduation at the Staples Center. Photo by Lia Chang

2016 FIDM Graduation at the Staples Center. Photo by Lia Chang

Lia Chang and her niece Asia Flores made the big screen at the 2016 FIDM Graduation at the Staples Center.

Lia Chang and her niece Asia Flores made the big screen at the 2016 FIDM Graduation at the Staples Center.

Asia Flores at the 2016 FIDM Graduation at the Staples Center in LA on June 20, 2016. Photo by Lia Chang

Asia Flores at the 2016 FIDM Graduation at the Staples Center in LA on June 20, 2016. Photo by Lia Chang

Lia Chang, Marissa Chang-Flores, Russell Chang, Asia Flores, Tami Chang and Carlos Flores.

Lia Chang, Marissa Chang-Flores, Russell Chang, Asia Flores, Tami Chang and Carlos Flores.

Carlos Flores, Kathy Pietra, Marissa Chang-Flores, Asia Flores, Tami Chang, Pauline Chang, Leah Baptista and Russell Chang. Photo by Lia Chang

Carlos Flores, Kathy Pietra, Marissa Chang-Flores, Asia Flores, Tami Chang, Pauline Chang, Leah Baptista and Russell Chang. Photo by Lia Chang

Back Row- Lia Chang, Leah Baptista, Pauline Chang, Asia Flores, Carlos Flores and Tami Chang; Seated- Kathy Pietra, Marissa Chang-Flores and Russell Chang.

Back Row- Lia Chang, Leah Baptista, Pauline Chang, Asia Flores, Carlos Flores and Tami Chang; Seated- Kathy Pietra, Marissa Chang-Flores and Russell Chang.

Asia Flores. Photo by Lia Chang

Asia Flores. Photo by Lia Chang

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Lia Chang and her niece Asia Flores at the 2016 FIDM Graduation at the Staples Center in LA on June 20, 2016.

Lia Chang and her niece Asia Flores at the 2016 FIDM Graduation at the Staples Center in LA on June 20, 2016.

Lia Chang is an actor, a multi-media content producer and co-founder of Bev’s Girl Films, making films that foster inclusion and diversity on both sides of the camera. Bev’s Girl Films’ debut short film, Hide and Seek was a top ten film in the Asian American Film Lab’s 2015 72 Hour Shootout Filmmaking Competition, and she received a Best Actress nomination. BGF collaborates with and produces multi-media content for artists, actors, designers, theatrical productions, composers,  musicians and corporations. Lia is also an internationally published and exhibited photographer, a multi-platform journalist, and a publicist. Lia has appeared in the films Wolf, New Jack City, A Kiss Before Dying, King of New York, Big Trouble in Little China, The Last Dragon, Taxman and Hide and Seek. She is profiled in Examiner.comJade Magazine and Playbill.com.