Brief Biographical Sketch:

While growing up, I used to stay in the U.S. two months every year while my father was a visiting scientist at NASA. Every year, I had to adjust to a completely new environment where I could not communicate well in English with others and had very few American friends. The way I overcame these experiences however was through teaching math in my various schools’ math clubs. While teaching classmates in the math clubs, we could understand and overcame our cultural diversity and even became excited to share in our differences.
Back in Korea, I started a club at my high school to teach math to junior students. I emphasized the importance of finding reasons for studying and encouraged club members to think and present their thoughts. Moreover, I realized that teaching was one of the best ways for me to learn as well. I also spent two hours per week teaching children with Down syndrome how to use computers. It was touching experience to witness these children learn new skills and become competent using computers by themselves. I realized the importance of educational opportunity for underrepresented people and came to take teaching seriously as one goal in my career.

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