Executive DirectorAAPI Civic Engagement Fund
The founding director of the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund, EunSook was the Senior Deputy for former U.S. Rep. Karen Bass; former executive director of National Korean American Service and Education Consortium; and former executive director of Korean American Women in Need. She is the founding president of the National Immigration Forum Action Fund and former member of the City of LA’s Board of Neighborhood Commission and California Commission on APIA Affairs. She began her career in alternative community radio as the News Director and later Station Manager of CKLN radio in Toronto Canada. Writings of her grassroots organizing experience include “The Political Awakening of Korean Americans” in Koreans in a Windy City, “Women Immigrants” in Encyclopedia of Asian American Issues Today, and a chapter co-written with Hahrie Han, “Engaging Korean Americans in Civic Activism” in A Companion to Korean American Studies as well as op-eds (New York Times, Ms. Magazine, the Hill).