Soyun Kim

• Led 40+ students in community service and fundraising initiatives, resulting in enhanced community engagement in environmental restoration and support for youth.
• Organized Jeju Olle Trail restoration project, coordinating student volunteers to conduct fieldwork, resulting in improved trail sections and increased student awareness of environmental issues.

• Planned and led fundraising activities, then coordinated Kyrgyzstan travel and camp execution for two-week summer programming for 30+ girls from orphanages and vulnerable backgrounds.
• Supported program coordination by tracking tasks, deadlines, and deliverables for internal teams.
• Researched community initiatives and summarized findings for planning and reporting discussions.
• Prepared documentation, forms, and correspondence with consistent accuracy and professional formatting.

Directed student volunteers through planning and operations for school-wide events involving 200+ students.

• Published a research paper on the Paris Agreement, examining how greater participation by NGOs and other non-state actors could strengthen climate governance and implementation (ISSN 2755-3272)
• Presented on climate change on Jeju Island at a UNESCO GCIDA forum, connecting local environmental impacts with broader climate-governance challenges.

• Worked across ECOVICE operations in three Central Asian countries, supporting logistics, trade, and regional development initiatives.
• Conducted analysis of freight routes, transportation schedules, tariffs, and customs procedures and documented findings from logistics-center site visits.
• Interpreted and presented during meetings with banking, government, university, and development-sector partners, including Shinhan Bank, KOTRA, Inha University, KOICA, and Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Economy and Commerce.
• Contributed to discussions on logistics infrastructure, workforce training, university partnerships, and cross-border economic cooperation.

• Honors: Four-Year High Honor Roll Recipient; Academic Athlete Award; 1st Place, Monomousumi International Essay Competition; Shortlisted; Certificate of Recognition in Economics

• Completed AP course in AP Language and Composition, AP Literature, AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, AP Chinese, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Precalculus, AP Biology
• Leader for LEAP non-profit organization, DECA, Athletic Council in 2023-2026
• Tennis and Cross Country Varsity