Resume - Hyun Chung

Stir the public with truth, wit and humor  

Hyun Chung

Objective:

Write and edit provocative opinions

Honors and Awards:

Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Award - 1st place Winner in four-state region of Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, and California

Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Awards - 1st place National Winner in 12 regions - Editorial Writing 2012

No Child Left Behind: The Community College Edition

UCLA Extension Writers' Program Scholarship (2011)

“to acknowledge and foster the talent of promising writers from diverse backgrounds and cultures who might otherwise not have the opportunity to study their craft in a supportive educational environment. “

Los Angeles City College Poetry Contest (2010) – Honorable Mention “I am not a writer”

Planned Parenthood Volunteer Leadership Award (Sep, 2006):  recognition from Planned Parenthood organization for excellence on leadership and community service

Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Prize (May, 2003): Award for essay on the civil rights leader's principles of non-violence and social activism

Spring 2012	The Collegian Contributing writer, reporter Assisted with production of college newspaper Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
Fall 2011	The Collegian Opinion Editor, contributing writer, reporter Assisted with production of college newspaper Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
	Teaching Assistant English 28: preparatory course for college composition Evaluated and critiqued students’ papers East Los Angeles College Monterey Park, CA

Publication:

Staying Alive?  $11,000. Death? Priceless.  Doctors for America

Day of the Dead: Osama bin Laden is dead and frankly, I don't give a damn! (Opinion Editorial) Los  Angeles City College Collegian Magazine. Spring 2011.

Community Work/Service:

Create Now (non-profit organization serving foster youth with mentors in the arts): updating the database and reconciling mentors' communication with the Executive Director

TeAda Productions (non-profit organization devoted to “empower underserved communities through the development and presentation of interdisciplinary theatrical performance pieces by, for and about people of color”): assisting workshop instructors and setting up classrooms; production assistant/box office for New Performance Festival.  (Summer 2010)

Dashew Center for International Scholars: English Conversation instructor  

Koreatown Awareness Student Educational Outreach (KASEO) Mentor/Tutor (2009):  tutor for Berendo  Middle School students at risk of not graduating from middle school

Fowler Museum of Cultural History (2007-8):  Museum Gallery volunteer in the Intersections gallery, an  exhibit juxtaposed artworks by functions rather than geographic boundaries, encouraging cross-cultural perspective

Baldwin Hills Library (2007-8): after-school tutor for students ranging from 2^nd grade to adult learners at community college at Baldwin Hills Library

Braille Institute: reading to the blind and organizing the audio library

Education

University of California, Los Angeles.  2008-2009.  Bachelor of Arts: World Arts & Cultures, Afro-Caribbean cultural focus

Los Angeles City College.  2011-2012.  Journalism.