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New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, United States

Conducted legal research and drafted brief for non-capital habeas petition on behalf of indigent clients.

• Research legal issues, prepare for depositions, and consolidate facts from discovery material on behalf of interpersonal violence survivors and low-income families' employment discrimination, education discrimination, and injury claims.

Pasadena, California, United States

• Filed U-Visa, VAWA, DACA, I-175, and naturalization applications on behalf of domestic violence/interpersonal violence survivors and victims of crime.

Jeonju Metropolitan Area

• Managed team of 6 teachers, created and implemented English-learning program, taught students from age 6-17.

Jongro-Gu, Seoul, Korea

• Received a $1200 grant to assist Prof. Angelina Chin’s current collaborative research project on elderly welfare and urban parks in Beijing, Seoul, Taipei, and Tokyo.• Analyzed urban parks in Seoul and nearby cities through participant observation, short interviews, and secondary literature study and produced a photoessay blog of notable findings.• Presented findings at the EnviroLab Asia Oldenborg Luncheon Colloquium• Assisted in pre-departure training for 2019 cohort fellows

• Won a competitive undergraduate research grant of $4400 to conduct a 10-week independent research project on recent feminist movements in South Korea under supervision of Prof. Angelina Chin.• Measured participation in and feelings regarding feminist activism by gathering qualitative data through interviews and participant observation at events, festivals, and protests.• Wrote background biographies of prominent feminist activists and academics and compiled them into a bibliography.• Presented findings at annual summer research conference and received the Margo Okazawa-Rey Fellowship for exceptional projects on Asian and Asian American Studies

Los Angeles And Claremont, Ca

• Selected films from pool of submissions and curated events according to weekly themes for 4-week long film festival• Programmed the second U.S. screening of Yellowing (2016), an independent Hong Kong film.

• Assisted Prof. Samuel Yamashita’s current work on colonial subjects under Japanese rule during the Asia-Pacific War.• Gathered compositions, drawings, and journals written by Korean schoolchildren from national libraries and museumsand private galleries, translated and analyzed the collected data.• Wrote brief biographies of Korean academics to contact for the project before conducting fieldwork.• Presented findings at annual summer research conference

Jeonju, Jeollabuk-Do, Korea

• Selected as one of 400 staff members from 1600 applicants that led a festival of 70,000 attendees (a 10% increase from 2014) and 200 films from 47 countries.• Programmed 3 key events with a team of 20: a director exhibit (40 attendees daily), an audience discussion panel (all 25 seats booked) and a poster exhibit (30 attendees daily).• I was responsible for keeping track of attendees and managing event spaces.• Interpreted between English and Korean for 3 members of the jury for the duration of the festival.

Doctor Of Law - Jd

Activities and Societies: Bail Practicum (collab. with LA Public Defender's Office), Reproductive Rights and Policy Externship, COVID.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Asian Studies

Activities and Societies: Advocates for Survivors of Sexual Assault, Asian American Mentor Program, Asian Studies Program Head Liaison.

High School Diploma