Esther "East" Kim was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois.
She is a Korean-American creative, Army veteran, novice pilot and Olympic shooter, and aspiring medical professional.
In her free time, she raises a service dog in training, drink obscene amounts of coffee, go on a hike, doodle, and likes to read books.
Her hot take is that Chicago pizza may be better than New York pizza.
Based In:
Chicago, LA, NYC, AZ, Seoul, DC
Fun Facts
Chicagoan who has moved twelve times.
Can play the viola, ukulele, not good at piano, and knows Spanish and Korean.
Also can ride horses.
Education
Current - Columbia University
2025 - Southwest Airlines, started PPL at local airport
2024 - Microsoft Systems Service Academy
2021 - 2024 - Cochise College Diploma For MI Systems
2021 - Lake Forest College BA Psychology && Film Production, concentration in neuroscience
2018- GBN HS diploma
Selected Awards
MOVSM, ARCOM, COA
Forest McGaw, Presidential && Richter Scholar for Leadership and Academic Achievement. Dean's List.
3 Scholastic Silver keys and honorable mentions for poetry and personal essay/memoir, a Gold key in painting, silver in drawing/illustration and mixed media
Second City Chicago Scholarship, State regionals for Speech, GBN Debate Student, which placed #1 nationally.