Chiang was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and immigrated to California in the United States when she was three years old.
In 2009, she earned a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Theatre Directing at the University of Washington School of Drama.
[3][1] In 2010, Chiang co-founded Azeotrope with her graduate school colleague Richard Nguyen Sloniker, to create theatre focused on stories about invisible and marginalized people.
Their production, Sound by Don Nguyen, was a bilingual show performed in American Sign Language and spoken English, and featured a mixed ensemble of deaf and hearing actors.
[4][5] Some of Chiang's productions include a re-imagined The Winter's Tale at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival set in Dynastic China and New World America featuring an Asian American and multicultural cast,[6] As You Like It at California Shakespeare Theater where the forest of Arden is transformed into an urban jungle,[7] and a modern-day setting of The Crucible at PlayMakers Repertory Company.