Paloma Sanchez is a GIA gemologist with over 25 years of experience in the global luxury jewelry business working for brands such as Carrera y Carrera, Hublot, Cuervo & Sobrinos, and Patek Philippe. In 2008, Paloma Sanchez opened her own jewelry atelier in Beijing where she still resides. She spends most of her time hunting for gemstones worldwide and designing tailored-made jewelry pieces for Asia's finest. The designer´s gallery has been regularly featured in Louis Vuitton and Mercedes´ Beijing City guides. She has been recognized as one of the world´s best jewelry designers at Basel Watch and Jewelry fair´s Livre Unique. She has been awarded multiple design prizes such as the 2019 biennial Opal Design Award in Lightning Ridge, Australia. Ms. Paloma is a guest professor and head of the Design department at Guanghua Institute of Gemmology and Mineral Resources of Jiangxi University of Applied Sciences and is regularly invited as a speaker to the Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts and to the Gems and Jewelry Association of China. Paloma Sanchez sits on the board of the China New Couture Committee as the only non-Chinese founding member. She has also been a jury in several design and jewelry contests sponsored among others by the World Gold Council, Shanghai Diamond Exchange, Natural Diamond Council, and International Coloured Gemstone Association, such as the 2020 World Pearl Development conference in Zhuji (China), and 2022 Global Gems and Jewelry Development Conference in Hainan (China).