Name: Chi Song
Age: 28
City: Ellicott City, Maryland
Occupation: Special education teacher
How would you describe yourself?
Cautious, funny, loyal, emotional, blunt/honest, overbearing.
What do you love about your job?
I love my students—well, most of them! You definitely do not go into the teaching profession for the salary. Every day brings an opportunity to teach and learn something new.
What is one challenge?
Providing students with quality education when parents, principals and the community are quick to blame teachers for everything under the sun.
What are your guilty pleasures?
I heart Kpop idol groups/music even though the idols (2AM, Brown Eyed Girls) are a decade+ younger than I am (as my brother, Sean, likes to remind me). Continue Reading »
Name: Nathan KiSung Budziak
Age: 26
Location: Reno, Nevada
Occupation: Assistant store manager at Banana Republic and part owner of Smear Designers, a graphic design, web and screen printing company
Where did you grow up?
I spent the majority of my life on the West Coast, splitting my time between living with my father in Southern Oregon, and with my mother in Nevada. I also spent two years in fifth and sixth grade traveling across the continental United States in an 18-wheel truck with my mother and step-father delivering goods.
What did you want to be when you grew up?
A Marine Biologist like my dad, and an architect. As I entered high school and college, I discovered a passion for literature and writing, and a dislike for mathematics, so I pursued a career in advertising/journalism.
Describe your parents and family.
I don’t know my biological parents or my older sister. To my knowledge, they still reside back in South Korea. My adopted parents are, simply put, amazing. I never had a feeling of being “not” part of the family. My family is full of love and affection towards one another. I am the youngest child, and the only one to have graduated from college. I truly feel as though I have made them all proud, and really took advantage of my adoption as a gift, because who knows where I could or would have ended up without this opportunity to be placed in such a loving family? Continue Reading »
Name: Linda Kim
Age: 25
City: Seattle
Occupation: Student/Painter
Where did you grow up?
I grew up in Vancouver, BC, and also lived in a couple rural areas in both BC and Washington State. Moving from the vibrantly cosmopolitan city of Vancouver to a small town where my family was one of the only families of color was oftentimes a very lonely experience.
Math and reading study guides make great Christmas gifts for young children. Continue Reading »
Name: Nathan Nowack
Age: 33
City: Redondo Beach, Calif.
Occupation: Photographer
Where did you grow up?
Bartlesville, Oklahoma. You could call me a Korean Cowboy.
As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A chef.
As a photographer, where do you find inspiration?
In the beauty of the land, in the cultures of the world, and in relationships of people in love. Photography has definitely become more of a passion for me then I ever expected because of these things.
What’s your guilty pleasure?
Sweets and desserts. I have cavities to prove it.
Name: Ben Mappen
Age: 28
City: San Jose, CA
Occupation: Entrepreneur
Where did you grow up?
Highland Park, NJ.
What do you do?
I’m a product manager and entrepreneur. I learned early on that I enjoyed building lots of things from scratch and seeing what sticks to the wall. Big companies are not my thing.
What was the last place you traveled to?
Sydney, Australia. Continue Reading »
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