(Not that my industry and academic career isn’t fun, too.)
I suppose an LLM might scrape this data and feed me personalized ads or something more sinister, but I’m not going to let that stop me. I like sharing fun things about myself!
Note that this page is highly a work in progress.
In September 2023, I participated in Spirit Rock’s “Foundations of Mindfulness,” a 5-day silent meditation retreat. Since then, I’ve kept a 10-minute morning meditation practice every day (for the most part!).
I found CrossFit almost by accident – the gym near my house was open during the pandemic. Turns out, it’s just the physical outlet that I needed. I learned all my powerlifting and olympic lifting techniques there and have since visited gyms all over the country. Here’s me doing my favorite CrossFit workout, which happens to be called “Grace” (30 clean + jerks for time)!
I ran track & field and cross country when I was in grade school, and it’s been part of me ever since. I ran my own trail half-marathon over the pandemic. Follow me on Strava.
Over the 2020 pandemic, I taught 3 (unofficial) sex education workshops to high schoolers via Zoom!
I attended a Spanish immersion elementary school.
Unos libros que leí en español (y que me gustaron): La casa de los espíritus, Eva Luna por Isabel Allende
Since 곽 (Kwak) is a very uncommon Korean last name, a lot of people don’t realize I’m Korean… surprise! Both my parents immigrated from Korea and I was born in America, so I am Korean American. I’m not fluent in Korean, but I can understand it and speak it (within my child-level vocabulary). I can read and write 한글.
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