Get to know KoreanAmericanStory.org's Executive Director and Founder, HJ Lee, in this full version of his Not Your Average interview!

HJ was born in Korea and came to America at 11 years old with his family in 1973 where he grew up in Jamaica, Queens. Originally on the pre-med track, HJ went to Columbia University where he pursued becoming a doctor. After realizing that was not what he really wanted, he eventually switched to East Asian Studies where his love for Asian history, art, and culture grew.

In the early 2000s, the beginnings of the organization began to form when HJ initially saw the need to preserve the stories of Korean immigrants living in America. The vision he had grew and in 2010, HJ and his wife Theresa Choh-Lee founded KoreanAmericanStory.Org with a mission to encompass the diversity of the Korean American community and be an inclusive organization. Originally published 4/23/2019 | Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icRfVebmy_Y | Producer: Julie Young @biggirlvoice Editor: Aj Valente