Sharon Tang

Sharon has a passion for jewelry, and has achieved considerable success in her career. After earning her Graduate Gemologist diploma from GIA in Santa Monica, Sharon returned to Taiwan to deepen her knowledge of retail jewelry. She came to GIA in Carlsbad in 1998, where she studied jewelry design. She then returned to Taiwan and started her own jewelry design studio. She was also an importer/wholesaler of semi-precious stones, and accumulated more than 500 North American and Canadian clients in just five years of business. Sharon’s love and passion for jewelry drew her back to Taipei, where she became a jewelry design instructor at GIA. Her goals as a teacher are to help her students develop a professional vision and expand their horizons.