She is currently part of the CW's Gossip Girl cast as Nelly Yuki. Chang, born and raised in New York, is the eldest of three daughters. She is of Taiwanese and Chinese Malaysian ancestry and is raised as a Buddhist.

Chang writes during her free time with plans of publishing novels, memoirs and children’s books in the future. She hopes to write scripts one day and see her finished work come alive on screen.

Her artistic endeavors are inspired and encouraged by her maternal grandfather, the highly respected and world-renowned artist Dr. Teng Beng Chew. According to Chang, she considers herself to be a family oriented person, “I have a large but very close knit family; we’re the Asian version of My Big Fat Greek Wedding. I love spending time with them.”

Until recently starting her professional acting career, Chang has spent all her vacations traveling around the world with her family and relatives. Her hobbies include jewelry making, playing piano, traveling, reading, baking, cooking, fishing with her father, paper crafts, photography, sketching and sewing among other things. She was also a classically trained pianist and ballerina.