Guest: Annie Koh
Interviewer: Chris
Duration: 56 minutes
Recording Date: March 31, 2009
Annie Koh is a 30 year-old Korean American from Chicago who has been living in Korea for about four years. Annie has the perfect Asian American academic record: Phillips Exeter, Yale, Seoul National … but also proves that going to an Ivy League school doesn’t have to end in giving up your dreams of making a difference in the world. After college Annie moved to the Bay Area where she worked on a fellowship for an Asian arts foundation and worked as one of the founders of HYPHEN magazine. In this interview, Annie talks about her experiences growing up in a primarily Jewish environment and living on a track of academic success, discovering Asian America at a less-than-progressive ivory tower university in the US and exploring the world of activism and creativity in Korea.
Tags: activism, art, chicago, jewish, korea, korean, korean american, Seoul National University, yale
