In April of this year, my father, Dr. Byoung G. Choh, passed peacefully in his sleep after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He survived the Japanese occupation, escaped North Korea during the Korean War, and immigrated to Ohio in 1972 with his wife and three children. When thinking about his remarkable life, I’m so thankful we were able to capture his stories through KoreanAmericanStory.org’s Legacy Project and will cherish and preserve his video for our family’s history.

Storytelling is a powerful too. It helps us fight prejudices and biases by connecting each and everyone of us through our shared humanity.

We are thrilled to announce our winners from our first sticker contest! Thank you to everyone who submitted and shared with us their Korean American story. It was amazing to see the different things that inspired you and to have them interpreted into a sticker.

KoreanAmericanStory.org will be recording its second installment of our miniseries Legacy Project: #MeToo, featuring the powerful and unheard stories of Korean American survivors of sexual assault and/or harassment.

We are excited to announce our first ever sticker contest! Ever since the beginning of our existence, we have worked significantly to capture and share the stories of the Korean American experience through various events and published content. We want to encourage you and other Korean American students to get creative and further explore your identity and community.

Hi! I’m Sam and I recently graduated from the University of Connecticut with a major in Political Science.

My name is Karen Kim. I am a second generation Korean American originally from Atlanta, GA. I currently live in NYC and serve as a board member of KoreanAmericanStory.org.

Like many Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) across the country, we at KoreanAmericanStory.org are left shaken and mourning as there continues to be an uptick in anti-AAPI violence and hate. We mourn together over the recent tragedy in Atlanta where 8 people were killed—six of whom were Asian, including four women of Korean origin.