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Ms. Soon, or \u00abTeacher Jenny\u00bb as she was known to the kids, was a National Asian Pacific Center on Aging<\/a> (NAPCA) volunteer for KYCC’s Elementary Tutorial Program<\/a>\u00a0for nearly four years. Inspired by the children’s art, she recently illustrated a Korean folktale book called The Skybird’s Rooster’s Dream Come True.\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Where is your hometown?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My hometown is in Korea.<\/p>\n

How are you involved with Koreatown?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I live in Koreatown now. I have a daughter, a son and two grandchildren. I\u2019ve been working with KYCC for three years and four months. Wow, the time has passed by so quickly!<\/p>\n

My first day here was during winter vacation. I was told to teach art to the kids. With the CDs that Wilton had, I made a sample puppet with the CD as a head and a stick as the body. I drew the face on the CD, used a balloon as the nose, and put \u201chair\u201d on the head with yarn. The kids blew my expectations away and made beautiful\u00a0things. Seeing their amazing projects made my heart race. One kindergartener even used the yarn that was usually used as hair to wrap the stick to make a fuller body. I came to realize that kids are so creative. I heard that the time when kids are the most creative is when they are four or five years old. Every time these kids make something, I can see that kids are so creative, and I\u2019m so happy to see each unique work and peek into their imaginative minds.<\/p>\n

That same day, I wrote \u201cKYCC Winter Wonderland\u201d on the whiteboard and had the kids draw something on the board. Looking at each drawing that the kids drew made me so joyful. I still keep a lot of the kids\u2019 work that they don\u2019t take home. One day, I would love to put together a book of the children\u2019s work and highlight the uniqueness of each child. \u00a0But I\u2019m so much older now, I don\u2019t know. But I do have many of their works.<\/p>\n

As a Christian, I believe that God is using me and my talents here. He has given me this joyful time in my life. I sincerely enjoy this work.<\/p>\n

What are your thoughts on Koreatown?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Though other cities and places have resources such as public parks, I feel that Koreatown is lacking in these areas. Even though there are parks here and there, I don\u2019t really like them. I wish the parks were bigger, grander and more of a place where kids can freely play, breathe, grow and release all their stress. Many kids here live in apartments where there are no backyards to play in.<\/p>\n

My dream is to set up a drawing\/painting caf\u00e9. Many art cafes are geared towards adults, but I would want to set up a kid-friendly caf\u00e9 where families can come with children to have an enjoyable time freely creating art. It would be a place where there wouldn\u2019t be a tuition fee or a teaching component, but a place where kids and adults can just express themselves. But this is just a dream because I don\u2019t really have the resources to do so. Nonetheless, it would be nice to have a place like that.<\/p>\n

Where is your favorite place in Koreatown?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I would have to say CGV Plaza<\/a> is a place I really like to go to. I have gone with my family many times and I often take my grandchildren there. We go there to eat, watch a movie and go to the nearby bakery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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