poetry, essays & others
Ann Arbor 200, commissioned essay: Korean Restaurants Made Me Feel Less Alone
HuffPost: I Lived As Someone Else For Nearly 2 Decades
Ann Arbor Observer: “Wintering on the Ann Arbor Trails”
SheKnows: Why Letting Your Kids Be Bored Is Actually a Gift
HuffPost: How This One Story About Donuts Changed My Relationship With My Korean Father
SheKnows: How American Dads Made Me Question My Korean Father’s Love
miyeok-guk: (click on link to hear the poem) published in Roots: Korean Diaspora collaborative artist book
Ann Arbor Observer: “Hungry for More”
shondaland: “My Joyful Resistance is Rice Porridge for Breakfast”
INSIDER: "I’ve been an elementary teacher for 18 years. These are the things I wished parents knew.”
shondaland: “I Used To Put On a Mask To Feel American”
INSIDER: “Infertility has put an emotional barrier on our friendships. I never expected it to be this way”
SheKnows: “I Celebrate My Heritage by Giving My Parents Space to Show Me Who They Are”
shondaland: “I Got To Know My Parents by Being Their Translator”
INSIDER: “Mother’s Day can be incredibly hard for people going through infertility. I’m one of them”
KoreanAmericanStory.org: “are you hungry are the sweetest words”, poem & essay
KoreanAmericanStory.org: “The Rice Cooker”
The Peahce Project: “color of me”, poem
Darling Magazine: “Time is a Gatherer”, poem
Darling Magazine: “How I Use Journaling To Get Fresh Perspective”
Food52: “Outdoor-Ready, Vegetable-Filled Korean Noodles You Can Make Without a Recipe
Food52” “Korean Dates Tea”
podcasts & interviews
AAPI Stories Series One Detroit PBS: Read it or Watch it here
The Morgan Harper Nichols Show: How To See Yourself Bloom, A Conversation with Kyunghee Kim
The Best Advice Show: Shift Happens
Stateside Podcast NPR: The Complex Feelings of Kids
Conversation Pieces with Patrick Armstrong: Compassion, Acceptance, and Bravery