Iwas born in Seoul, South Korea and moved to sunny California as a young kid. I spent most of my early life outside — soccer, catching lizards, exploring creeks — and later fell in love with teaching and education.
For almost a decade, I taught science at The Preuss School, serving first-generation college-bound students. I coached soccer and eSports, ran the activities board, chaired the technology department, and learned far more from my students than they ever learned from me. It was the most rewarding and most exhausting thing I have ever done.
In 2022 I left the classroom to help lead product development at an early-stage EdTech AI startup. I wanted to scale my impact in education and help inform how AI could best service students. The skills I built as a teacher — systems thinking, listening, patience, comfort with ambiguity — turned out to be exactly what product work demands.
I run Moment Coffee Company, a small wholesale roasting operation. I shoot photography — portraits, travel, events. I collect Pokémon cards. I’m learning to build web applications. And my dog Ruxpin is the best part of every day.
Splitting time between Irvine and Los Angeles, always looking for the next adventure. Leading with curiosity, not certainty.
Based in
Irvine & Los Angeles, California
Morning drink
Coffee, always
Sidekick
Ruxpin 🐕
Hobby rabbit hole
Pokémon & Home Improvement