another bio here.
my weblog here.
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i am a 30-year-old writer and communications consultant based in seoul (rok) and occasionally seattle (usa). i grew up harvesting sealife recreationally on an island in the pacific northwest. being mixed and homo makes interaction awkward with persons who fall in the netherworld between strangers and loved ones. on the bright side, i really like maps and plants.
e-mail here. another bio here. my weblog here. |
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writer, host, "seouul scene with matt kelley" (kbs world, 03/09~present) |
| writer, host, "discovering korea with matt kelley" (kbs world, 04/08~04/09) |
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| co~host, "seoul calling" (kbs world, 11/07~present) |
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| writer, host, "seoul report" (kbs world, 03/08~09/08) |
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producer, chasing daybreak: a film about mixed race in america (mavin foundation, 02/06) |
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co~editor, multiracial child resource book: living complex identities with maria p.p. root (mavin foundation, 05/03) |
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publisher + editor~in~chief, mavin magazine (mavin foundation, 01/99~08/05) #01: on the verge #02: theme #03: transracial adoption #04: exposure #05: generation next #06: advocacy #07: identity #08: community #09: family (unpublished) |
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contributing co~author, "mixed heritage people and the redefinition of diversity" race, ethnicity and education, volume 3: "racial identity in education" with sashya tanaka clark (praeger perspectives, 06) |
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co~author, "beauty vs brawn" with uikwon lee (theme magazine, issue 19, spring/09) |
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co~author, "one box isn't enough: an analysis of how u.s. colleges and universities classify mixed heritage students" with alfredo padilla (mavin foundation, 11/09/05) |
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seoul correspondent, fridae.com "from 50 to 1,500: korea queer culture festival turns 10" (06/16/09) "south korea's legal trans-formation" with mike lee (05/29/09) "the deadly reality of south korea's virtual world" with mike lee (10/17/08) "2 openly gay, trans south korean actors commit suicide" (10/09/08) "seoul's spring forecast: more visibility for south korea's queers" (06/08) "south korea sees first openly gay politician, but challenges persist for the nation's lesbians" (03/08) "exclusion from non~discrimintion bill mobilises korea's lgbt community"(11/07) |
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personal weblog: pop identity (03/06~04/07) |
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contributing writer, boston globe "...my roots" guest editorial (boston globe, 00/00). |
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contributing writer, independent school magazine "conspicuously mixed: the experience of multiracial youth in independent schools" (independent school magazine, fall/07) |
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contributing writer, lip magazine/alternet.org "race changes: on the porousness of racial identity" (lip magazine and syndicated on alternet.org, 02/02) |
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| government department of health & human services (00/00) department of social and health services city of sacramento board of supervisors seattle city council u.s. congress u.s. forestry service united states postal service washington state house of representatives |
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non~profit/NGOs/faith |
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| corporate kaiser permanente port of seattle |
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education (inc. independent schools) |
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colleges & universities |
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| public policy |
presented testimony to the u.s. congress about the health concerns of mixed race youth and families. served on the u.s. department of commerce's decennial census advisory committee. |
| public service |
volunteered and/or served on the board of directors for several organizations, including: the asian counseling and referral service, the asian pacific islander community leadership foundation, friends of the children, the korean american coalition, one world now, the pride foundation, and the seattle foundation's "a better tomorrow" advisory committee. currently serving on the board of advisors for the dari project, which develops resources to increase awareness and acceptance in korean american communities of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (lgbtq) people of korean descent. |
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| awards |
recipient of 34 awards for leadership and community service, including a "points of light" award from us president george w. bush (we're not homies). |
| media |
interviewed by over 400 tv, print, radio and online media around the world, including CNN, the new york times, usa today, newsweek, the los angeles times, parade, the san francisco chronicle, npr, voice of america, the london sunday times, the taipei times, hangook ilbo, chosun ilbo. examples: "mixed like me: interracial roadtrip documentary takes civil rights out of monochrome" (village voice, 01/06) "when you contain multitudes" (new york times, 04/05) "birth of a maven: matt kelley's brave new magazine targets a mixed-race world" (utne reader, 09/99) "mavin a new voice for the 'young and mixed and proud'" (seattle post-intelligencer, 05/99) |