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I have volunteered as a translator for House of Sharing which is Korea’s biggest and only organization which supports Korean comfort women who were drafted to serve as sex slaves for the Japanese military during World War 2. I translated official documents that were written by the Japanese government that was translated in Korean. It was governmental documents regarding the drafting process, and the compensation they were planning to make. I have kept on my career by translating testimonials of North Korean defectors from Korean to English to send to international organizations including the United Nations. I have translated such documents for about 4 years (2014-2017).
Translating official government documents for comfort women enabled me to learn official terms that I have not been able to interpret in my daily life. Moreover, legal terms that were used between negotiations expanded my point of view on diplomacy. On the other hand, when translating the testimonials of North Korean defectors, I especially focused not to change the tone of the original speaker. That required me to focus much more on understanding the tone of English as I wanted English readers to feel the same desperation and pain that the defectors were trying to explain.
Experience of working as a translator helped me put myself into someone else’s shoes, as I understood that writing only delivers meaning when the writer truly understands the content and is thorough in delivering the meaning. It also gave me a deeper understanding of understanding the mechanism between English and Korean. The two languages sometimes does not have terms that is interchangeable, and researching about words and phrases that could be used instead helped me advance my language skills in both languages.
Based upon my experience as a volunteer translator, I am capable of doing filing, translation, basic writing job and many more. I am not limited to only translation, and is fast at learning new skills.

Along with the career of being a debater, I have also attended numerous Model UN conferences. I have won best delegate in the World Health Organization Committee in Seoul Model United Nations 2016, Yonsei Model United Nations 2017 in the United Nations Human Rights Council, and Leader's Model United Nations 2017 in the International Olympic Committee. I have also won Honorable Mention in Yonsei Model United Nations 2016, and have served as Chair for the United Nations Outer Space Affairs committee for Yonsei Model United Nations 2018.

Model UN taught me how to lead a mass group of people and to agree upon one resolution. Writing a resolution based upon the idea's of many delegates were challenging, but I learned the pleasure of finishing a 3 day long debate with a final conclusion. Based upon the knowledge and speech tips I have earned by attending Model UN conferences, I could coach students who are interested in Model UN, or could chair Model UN committees. I could also be a mentor for public speech as well.

From 2013-2018, I actively participated in Parliamentary debate. I have won many awards including being the semi finalist for YTN Debate Championship in Seoul, Korea. I have won best speaker award in every tournament I have attended including National Schools Debate Championship and Korea English Debate Championship in South Korea. I have been the champion in my high school debate championship. I debated on diverse issues including international affairs, environment, and controversial social issues. I enjoyed debate as I could think critically to the opposition's arguments. It led me to have a habit of always questioning if a certain notion was justifiable or not. Also, I created a habit of always thinking of a social problem in three levels : principle, how does it affect the stakeholders, and does it have a practical benefit. These habits helped me make better choices, and think critically in many social issues.

Based upon my experience as a debater, I have recently started serving as judge for Lincoln Douglas Debate. I am able to judge for both Parliamentary and Lincoln Douglas Debate. My first judging experience at SCU Dempsey Cronin Invitational Judge enabled me to feel the joy of teaching young debaters tips and knowledge of debate which I have learned with tangible debate experience. The achievement I have had is leading me to judge more debate championships such as James Logan Martin Luther King Jr Invitational on January 19th, 2020 and 34th Annual Stanford Invitational on February 2020.

I am able to coach Parliamentary Debate and judge both Lincoln Douglas and Parliamentary Debate.