Today’s guest is Ash Chew. Ashley Chew is a model and Fine Artist in New York City. After studying Fashion Design at Kent State University, she went on to work in production and creative for New York Fashion Week, Midwest Fashion Week and Miami Swim Week, where her curiosity for modeling and diversity started. Ashley and I met speaking on a panel about diversity in fashion for the New York Times Student Journeys program and I knew I needed her on this podcast right away! As the founder of BlackModelsMatter a movement that promotes diversity; and as a working model, she uses her platform to assure that more models of color are seen in print and on the runways. Today we’re going to talk about her viral movement: #blackmodelsmatter, the work she’s currently doing in diversity and also her opinion on more recent stories of the continuing difficulties designers and models of colour are facing.