LifeChangers is a limited series on Asian philanthropists. They share stories about life-changing turning points that have shaped their mindset and inspired their philanthropic passion.
Kyung B. Yoon
President, KACF (Korean American Community Foundation)
Season 6 Episode #5 LifeChanger Series: Make a Difference
How can you make a difference when you are still climbing the career ladder and have little money to spare? How much can you give when you already focus so much of your time and effort to gain acceptance, appreciation, and accolades at work and in life?
Check out my podcast conversation with Kyung B. Yoon – president and co-founder of the Korean American Community Foundation (KACF).
Kyung first came to America after the Korean war and discovered a land of luxuries. But she never forgets how South Korea, her homeland, has grown and developed from a poor country to become an economic miracle when men and women are given equal opportunities for education.
(Photo Courtesy: Korean American Community Foundation)
Throughout her life and career, Kyung keeps in mind the poor and the needy of the world at the core and center of her mission – as a TV journalist, a World Bank Institute documentary filmmaker, and a Taekwondo self-defense instructor.
About Kyung B. Yoon
Kyung B. Yoon is the president and co-founder of the Korean American Community Foundation (KACF), a leading funder of Korean and Asian American nonprofit organizations in the Greater New York City area and a model of participatory philanthropy in the immigrant community.
Her career in poverty alleviation, development economics, and media encompasses her roles as the Executive Producer of Television at the World Bank Institute and a correspondent for WNYW-Fox Channel 5, where she made history as the first Korean American broadcast reporter in NYC. Kyung is currently a contributing reporter to CUNY-TV’s Asian American Life, which is broadcast nationally on PBS stations and for which she received an Emmy nomination. She has previously served as the board chair of Philanthropy New York and Americans and Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy, as a trustee of the New York Foundation, and as a board member of United Way of New York City.
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