Paula is a graduate of the inaugural class of the Fashion Design and Society MFA program at Parsons the New School for Design, where she specialized in research-based designs, deconstructive knitwear and complex free-form draping.. During her tenure at the MA program, she was the winner of the Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty competition, and a finalist at the Feel the Yarn Competition in Florence. Her recent work has been featured in the past in Wallpaper, Bullett, and Vogue Italia Magazines for two consecutive years in as an emerging young designer. Lanificio Dell'Olivo, an Italian luxury yarn company, provided exclusive sponsorship for her final MFA graduate collection, of which was featured on Womenswear Daily, Style.com and The New York Times in September 2012. With professional and institutional experience in Asia, United States and Europe, Cheng's design style is cosmopolitan, conceptual and always progressing.