{"id":15201,"date":"2023-05-08T17:13:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T00:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/?p=15201"},"modified":"2023-05-09T08:15:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T15:15:11","slug":"opportunities-for-north-korean-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/opportunities-for-north-korean-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduating human biology major creates opportunities for North Korean refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n    \n                                                    \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/05\/lee_commencement_profile_newsite-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/05\/lee_commencement_profile_newsite-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/05\/lee_commencement_profile_newsite-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/05\/lee_commencement_profile_newsite-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Photo of Woori Lee\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Woori Lee plans to pursue a career in medicine and advance health care in North Korea. (Photo: Courtesy of Woori Lee.)\n\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n          <nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\/?category=commencement\">Commencement<\/a><\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      <\/nav>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>Graduating human biology major creates opportunities for North Korean refugees<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"subtitle\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  USC Dornsife senior Woori Lee established a nonprofit that provides aid and resources to individuals like her grandfather who fled the authoritarian nation.\n\n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n           <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span><a href=\"mailto:communication@dornsife.usc.edu\">Greg Hardesty<\/a><\/strong>\n    \n          <span class=\"post-date-field\">May 8, 2023<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--social-share \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--social-share\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n    <span class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" style=\"line-height: 32px;\">\n      <span class=\"title\">\n        Share\n      <\/span>\n                        <a class=\"a2a_button_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Link\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_copy_link\">\n              <svg height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 19 19\" width=\"19\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m7.43475275 9.52380952-2.17490843 2.26076008c-1.08745421 1.058837-1.68841575 2.518315-1.68841575 4.0350275 0 1.5167124.60096154 2.9475732 1.68841575 4.0350274 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semester 2021, Woori Lee took the general education <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/phil\/\">philosophy<\/a> course \u201cThe Meaning of Life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A human biology major who plans to go to medical school after graduating this spring from USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Lee had already satisfied her general education requirements. But she enrolled in the online, 150-student class to learn more about what to value in life.<\/p>\n<p>The year before provides a good clue about one of her top priorities.<\/p>\n<h2>Driven to help<\/h2>\n<p>Lee immigrated to the United States from South Korea when she was 17, and her grandfather is a North Korean immigrant who came to the U.S. in the 1950s. This family history drove her longtime interest in helping refugees from her grandfather\u2019s isolated home country.<\/p>\n<p>So in summer 2020, she co-founded a nonprofit, <a href=\"https:\/\/aurorank.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aurora NK<\/a>, with fellow USC Dornsife student Jay Lee, who at the time was president of the student club Liberty in North Korea at USC.<\/p>\n<p>Aurora NK provides tutoring, legal aid and health care assistance to North Korean refugees by pairing native English-speaking college students, lawyers and health care professionals with North Korean refugees.<\/p>\n<p>Woori Lee was inspired to launch Aurora NK after the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered many resources for those in need.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWoori is one of the most independently motivated and psychologically mature undergraduates I\u2019ve ever met,\u201d said Stephen Finlay, adjunct professor of philosophy who taught \u201cThe Meaning of Life\u201d (PHIL 168g) course Lee attended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer heart\u2019s wish is to make a difference improving the lives of others.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Like-minded people<\/h2>\n<p>Lee was a junior in high school when her family moved from Seoul to Los Angeles. Her father is an architect, and her mother is a homemaker. She has a brother, 23.<\/p>\n<p>While her family established new roots in Los Angeles, Woori finished high school at a boarding school near Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always been really interested in policy, international relations and political science,\u201d she said. \u201cSince I was young, I would ask questions like \u2018why is the Korean peninsula divided and why are North Korean refugees discriminated against in South Korea?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lee joined her family in Los Angeles for college because of the high concentration of North Korean refugees here and because of USC Dornsife\u2019s reputation as a haven for top international relations scholars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was really lucky because at USC I found so many like-minded people who want to help North Korean refugees and who really want to change the world,\u201d Lee said. \u201cSo many opportunities just came to me at USC.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Second to none\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Since 2020, Aurora NK has grown into an international network of more than 600 volunteer English tutors and over 500 North Korean refugees.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to tutoring services, Aurora NK provides citizenship and immigration resources for North Koreans living in the United States and South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit also helps refugees navigate the byzantine U.S. health care system and connects them with free clinic services. Many immigrants from North Korea struggle with nightmares, PTSD and other mental health issues, Lee said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWoori\u2019s a super passionate and driven person,\u201d Jay Lee said. \u201cHer compassion for the North Korean people is second to none, and one thing that sets her apart is that even while working tirelessly to support this underrepresented population, she\u2019s always trying to learn more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though Woori is devoted to studying health and science, she makes a genuine effort to learn more about policy so that she can better serve others,\u201d added Lee, who earned an MA in public diplomacy and now works at USC Dornsife\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ksi\/\">Korean Studies Institute<\/a>. \u201cAs the leader of Aurora, she\u2019s always envisioning greater things for the organization, and she\u2019s never afraid to dream big.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finlay said that in his more than 20 years of teaching general education courses, Woori Lee stands out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t met anyone I found more admirable than Woori, for her combination of intellectual curiosity and humanitarian dedication. I have no doubt that Woori is going to leave the world a better place than she found it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Doctor and advocate<\/h2>\n<p>Aurora NK now is active on the East Coast and in the United Kingdom, Australia, Hong Kong, India and South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Although her eyes are set on becoming a doctor, Lee\u2019s heart always will remain on helping North Korean refugees.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, she learned she was a finalist for a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samuelhuntingtonaward.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samuel Huntington Award<\/a>, which provides $30,000 for a public service project run by graduating seniors.<\/p>\n<p>At USC, Lee also served as vice president of the WorldMed Club, a student organization that meets to understand, discuss and tackle critical issues in global medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Her big goal is to help advance health care in North Korea. To that end, she plans to earn a master\u2019s degree in public policy or public health.<\/p>\n<p>She says her time at USC Dornsife has a lot to do with her drive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy professors at USC provided me an incredible amount of support, opportunity and guidance,\u201d said Lee, who in her limited spare time enjoys figure skating, boxing and yoga. \u201cThe USC community really shaped me into the person I am now and always challenges me to think about what I can do to help others and just make the world a better place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n        \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-related-stories \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-related-stories\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Related News\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n                  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