Cailey Beck interviews Gilbert Kim

Gilbert Kim is an elderly resident at Menlo Apartments, as well as a father to three children and grandfather to 2. Working as a teacher (for elementary, middle, and high school) in Korea during the seventies, he has seen firsthand...

Chaerin Sung interviews Jong Park

Jong Park is a 75-year-old senior who is currently living in the Menlo Apartment with her husband. She was born in Masan, South Korea and studied Theology at a small college in Seoul, South Korea. Jong and her husband worked...

Martin Carpio interviews Andrew Costa

Andrew Costa is 25 years old and was previously in several homeless shelters until he found a permanent home at Menlo Family Housing. He was adopted in Germany by Italian parents and lived most of his life in Long Island....

Cailey Beck interviews Gina Kim

Gina Kim was born and raised in Koreatown. She is a recent high school graduate and was planning on going to Yale in the fall to study English, but due to COVID-19, has been forced to take a gap year....

Sally Shapiro interviews Sean Na

Sean is a volunteer with KYCC’s Youth Services, where he tutors students one-on-one with homework help. Born and raised in Seoul, Korea, Sean came to the U.S. in 1999. As a first-generation Korean American businessman, Sean has an office in...