Founded in 1960, the Korean-American Association of Greater New York not only represents half a million Korean-Americans residing in the New York Metropolitan area, but also advocates for the enhancement of political rights and interests of Korean-Americans. The Korean-American Association of Greater New York is a non- profit organization which has served as a bridge that connects Korean-American to the American mainstream along with approximately 500 other Korean-American organizations in the New York metropolitan area in various fields of specialty, including education, culture, vocational help, and community affair.

I have been doing community service for the past 17 years in various different capacities and for the last 5 years, was the president of the Korean-American Youth Foundation which helps 2nd generation Korean-Americans with their advancement into mainstream.

I have decided to run for the president of KAAGNY because even though there are so many different organizations in the Korean community that are doing similar work, I believe that we are spreading our resources too thin. However, if we can work together, we can accomplish much more and reap bigger benefits.

As the president of KAAGNY, I want to get young Korean-Americans involved so they can work to understand the Korean-American community and go out to mainstream to represent our community. This will close the gap between the 1st and 2nd generation Korean-Americans, which I believe is very important.