Duke University | Baldwin Scholars Program
Ji-Hyeun Kwon
Hi! Because my name is hard to pronounce, I go by Ji (like G-Unit).
I immigrated to the U.S. from South Korea when I was in sixth grade. Since then, I have been living in Northern Virginia. Let me point that out again. It is Northern Virginia not just Virginia. I am one of those Northern Virginians who complain that there is nothing to do even though Washington D.C. is right there.
I am not definite about my major, but there are three options: public policy, sociology, or women’s studies. One thing that I am sure about is that women’s empowerment will be my concentration regardless of my major.
My extracurricular activities at Duke are: Amnesty International, First Year Apprenticeship Program, Women’s Center and free t-shirts. If you want to know where you can get a free t-shirt, I am the person to talk to. Also, I play the piano and have a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. My favorite composers are Faure, Beethoven, Barber, Gershwin and R. Schumann.
This summer I am interning at Population Connection. I decided to take the grassroots/field intern position because Population Connection deals with women’s reproductive rights and “field” indicates that I get to move around a lot!