Clara Yoon is a 16-year-old sophomore who had been born in Massachusetts but has lived in Michigan for most of her life. Clara enjoys singing in the A Capella choir at school and is also active in the Model UN and Drama Clubs. Clara also has taken up several leadership roles in the school community, like being Student Council Vice President.

Clara entered this competition because she felt very strongly about her Korean pride and also wanted to make her parents, her personal heroes, proud. After writing this essay, Clara felt that Korean culture has made some progress in being spread throughout American culture, but there is still room for improvement.

Clara plans to continue telling all her friends about the Korean wave and will continue to embrace her Korean background.

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