I was born in South Korea, but consider myself native to the Northwest, since I spent my early years in Washington and attended university in Oregon. As an adoptee, a pastor’s daughter, and a Christian feminist, I am fascinated with intersections of gender and ethnic identity. So, I’m likely to be curled up on a Saturday night, reading a memoir or gender theory. In 2008 I received a peace-building grant to write the stories of Arab women into poetry and creative nonfiction. This project took me to Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank, where I made many friends and gained a new perspective on hope, forgiveness, and ecumenicism. In the near future, I plan to study for graduate degrees in gender studies, literature, and philosophy so I may teach undergraduates and open a non-profit organization to help women from circumstances of domestic, military, and cultural violence. Currently, I spend my free time re-learning how to not be in school, and developing autobiographical essays reflecting on adoption, faith, family, and the formation of identity. (Look for the first of these essays in the 3.2 issue of Relief: A Quarterly Christian Expression.) Finally, I drink a lot of coffee—a habit I developed while studying for a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and gender studies at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon. Although I now live in Arizona, far from coffee country, I still enjoy sipping a hot cuppa every morning while gazing out the window.