"I try to keep up school, but I know I end up compromising both sides," Ding says. "Both school and work are really full-time commitments."

But Ding says she does not regret a any of the time she has spent on Talent.

Not only the agency's success provided much-needed financial security for FAST, but Ding and Lu promise to revive Fashion for Shelter.

They have been so successful that the partners are even planning to move to a new, bigger studio office downstairs.

But despite her present success, Ding is still looking forward and setting new goals.

"We have so much potential," Ding says. "We want to generate talent to send to Hollywood and to New York."

Ding smiles as she looks around her office, describing the new space she will soon move into and future plans to expand the agency.

"I see us here for a long time," she says.