I was born in the United States to Korean parents and spent most of my life there. However, after finishing university, I moved to South Korea to study and then to work. Since then, I have lived in China , Morocco, Switzerland, and Germany for both short and long-term academic programs.

Most of my professional career has been at a university as an English instructor and administrative coordinator. Initially, I coordinated between the English Department and all other university departments. Now, I coordinate between my university and other universities based overseas. I also translate policy documents from Korean into English.

My personal interests are reading, cycling, and studying foreign languages. In particular, I like Japanese novelists from both the early 20th century like Soseki, but also more modern writers such as Murakami, Higashino, etc. I also like long-distance cycling; I have cycled in France, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, the United States, Japan, and South Korea. Lastly, I enjoy studying foreign languages. I've studied around 6 or 7 and would like to eventually speak around 10.

Hope to meet you soon.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I would to share with people from around the world my dual cultural heritage. I have many things to offer in terms of cultural insights, which are hopefully informative and interesting. I would also like to learn about other cultures through discussing and debating cultural, political, economic, social, and historical issues.

Interests

• cooking
• reading
• cycling
• global health
• haruki murakami

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, France, South Korea, Switzerland, United States