Academic Writing
Creative Writing
Public Speaking and Debate
Leadership and Serivce
Filmmaking
Other Experiences

Hello!

Jane is a high school student currently attending Dulwich College Seoul in South Korea. She channels her creative energy into filmmaking and writing and finds happiness in expressing herself through short films and poetry. Her dedication to and love for her craft has earned her recognition from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the YoungArts competition, and the National Film Festival for Talented Youth, among others.

In addition to these creative interests, Jane also excels at public speaking, ranked #1 in South Korea following the Korea Public Speaking Championship and having served as co-captain for the National Public Speaking Team in 2025. She has qualified to both the World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships and the National Speech & Debate Tournament.

Filmography & Awards

BABO (2024) — writer, director

Wrote an original screenplay and led a team of undergraduate students to create a short film depicting the harms of microaggressions in school bullying.

AWARDS / SELECTIONS

  • National YoungArts Award (2025)

    • Selected as one of 31 winners in film and ~800 YoungArts winners out of 11,000 submissions

    • One of 3 Korean international students selected 

    • Received a $250 monetary award

  • National Film Festival for Talented Youth (2025)

  • All American High School Film Festival (2025)

  • Cannes World Film Festival (2025)

  • Nassau Film Festival (2024)

  • Los Angeles Short Film Awards (2025)

  • Cinematography & Photography Awards (2025)

Click to see the full list of honors

Creative Writing

Experience

  • The Kenyon Review

    • Young Writers Residential Workshop (2025)

    • Young Writers Winter Online Workshop (2025)

Honors

  • Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (2021)

    • Gold Key, Poetry

    • Silver Key, Critical Essay

Publications

  • [forthcoming] The Blotter Magazine, December 2025 Issue

    • How does Plath convey the issue of loss on our sense of self? (Literary Essay)

  • Skipping Stones Literary Magazine, General Publication

    • “Between Names" (Prose)

  • [forthcoming] Wildflower Post Literary Newsletter

    • "Between Names" (Prose) – 5th newsletter

    • "(un)proper" (Poetry) – 7th newsletter

  • Altered Reality Literary Magazine, General Publication

    • “Where Names are Never Written” (Poetry)

  • AvantAppalachia Literary Magazine, Issue 17

    • "Burnout" (Poetry) 

    • "Left, Wrong, Right" (Poetry)

  • This World Of Ours EiM Anthology with award-winning poet Mark Grist

    • “To: Me” (Poetry)

  • Stone Soup Literary Magazine, General Publication

    • “COVID: The Normality Thief” (Poetry)

Debate & Public Speaking

Experience

  • Co-captain, Korean National Speech and Debate Team

    • Led a group of 11 members selected to represent South Korea at the World Individual Speech and Public Speaking Championships 2025

  • International Schools Debate Championships (2024)

    • Volunteered as a judge, assessing student debates and providing constructive feedback to participants

Honors

  • World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships 2025

    • Ranked 4th globally in interpretive reading

    • Ranked 31st globally in persuasive speaking

    • Ranked 37th globally in parliamentary debate

    • 1 of 6 members chosen by the Korea Forensics League to represent South Korea

  • Qualified to the National Speech & Debate Tournament 2025

    • International District Tournament 2025

      • 2nd Place in Original Oratory (OO)

      • One of 2 students in OO to qualify internationally

  • Australasian Public Speaking Championships (2025)

    • Overall Champion (top 4%)

    • 1st Place - Persuasive Speaking

    • 2nd Place - Interpretive Reading

  • National Speech & Debate Association: International District Tournament (2025)

    • 2nd Place in Original Oratory

    • Qualified to the National Speech and Debate Tournament

  • Korea World Schools Debate National Team Top 30 Pool (2024)

    • Recognized as one of the top 30 debaters in Korea

Honors (continued)

  • Korea Public Speaking Championships (2024)

    • Overall National Champion

    • 1st Place - Original Oratory 

    • Top 6 Speaker (WIDPSC Team Korea qualifier) 

    • Competed in 4 categories (original oratory, interpretive reading, impromptu, and parliamentary debate)

  • Asia Pacific Public Speaking Championships (2024)

    • 2nd place in Interpretive Reading 

    • 2nd place in Original Oratory 

    • 7th Overall Best Speaker 

  • Prague Debate Spring (2024)

    • 5th Best Novice Speaker 

    • 12th Best ESL Team

  • Thistle Cup WSDC (2024)

    • Overall 9th best reply speaker 

    • 21st Overall Best Team

  • Doxbridge WSDC (2024) 

    • 27th Best Team

  • Everest International WSDC (2024) 

    • 2nd Breaking Team into Open Octofinals 

    • Undefeated through all preliminary rounds

  • Korea National Debate Championships (2024):

    • U15 3rd Best Speaker 

    • Overall 11th best speaker

  • National Speech & Debate Association International Scrimmage (2024)

    • Overall 2nd Place

    • Rising Stars Division 1st Place 

    • Competed in Open Original Oratory

  • Australasian Public Speaking Championships (2024)

    • 10th Best Overall Speaker

    • Impromptu Speaking Finalist, Senior Category

Academic Writing

Experience

  • Editor-in-Chief of the Korean Youth Honor Society’s Academic Journal ‘Unseen’ (2024–Present)

    • Directing and editing a bi-annual, 150+ page academic journal 

      • Managing over 25 contributors and coordinating with authors and reviewers to produce impactful, well-researched articles

      • Leading the publication process from theme selection to final print

      • Created the first-ever online archive for all journals published to-date (unseenarchives.net)

  • The Voice in My Brain, Contributing Writer (2024–Present)

    • Promoting mental health awareness

    • Publishing writing regarding self-improvement and mental wellbeing

Honors

  • National History Day (2024)

    • Korean Affiliate: First Place, Senior Historical Paper

    • One of the top 18 projects (out of 326) to qualify to the national contest (top ~5%)

    • Unanimous 1st place amongst 63 entries in the senior paper category (top ~2%)

    • Qualified to and represented South Korea at the National Competition in Washington, DC

  • Pearson iGCSE History Exam (2024)

    • Received the highest score in South Korea

  • John Locke Essay Competition (2023)

    • Shortlist and commendation, Politics Essay

Leadership & Service

Experiences

  • Co-Head of SSAEM (2024–Present)

    → SSAEM is an in-school student support and academic enrichment program that matches mentors with mentees to provide academic assistance and pastoral guidance

    • Leading weekly peer tutoring sessions, helping mentees with homework, study techniques, and essay writing

    • Assisting mentees in setting goals and developing long-term academic plans for the complexities of IGCSE and IB academic systems

    • Organizing mentor-mentee assignments

    • Developed the first-ever online mentorship branch of SSAEM

    • Designed mentor profiles and coordinated promotional efforts to students and parents

  • Head of Community (2024–Present)

    → Chosen through a student and teacher vote, board interview, and initiative pitch, Head Students lead key areas of the school’s values: Excellence, Community, Diversity, and Sustainability. They hold the highest position of student leadership.

    • Leading weekly school assemblies

    • Hosting and participating in a yearly leadership conference bringing in 100+ students from around the world to collaborate on global issues and leadership development

    • Leading both the middle and high school student councils in discussions and initiatives aimed to solve homophobia, sexism, favoritism, and racism in our school

    • Directing, organizing, and filming a school promotional video

Experiences (continued)

  • Career Fair Planning Committee (2025)

    • Volunteered to help plan the first ever senior school career fair at Dulwich College Seoul

    • Managed communication to the student body and speakers, organizing the event

  • Korean Class JAL (2022–2024)

    • Volunteered as a Korean language tutor to teachers and peers in school

    • Designed and led weekly lessons, covering fundamental Korean vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation

  • Somang Rehabilitation Center (2024–Present)

    • Volunteering to teach underprivileged autistic young adults how to play the viola, providing personalized 1:1 instruction

    • Organizing and leading holiday recitals to showcase students’ progress, sharing music with the rehab center community and promoting inclusion through the arts

    • Organized donations to purchase violas for students

  • National History Day Club (2024–Present)

    • Mentoring students in preparing for the competition, helping them create engaging, historically accurate projects from concept to completion

    • Organizing and leading weekly club meetings to guide participants through every step of the competition process

    • Providing one-on-one mentorship to help students refine their research, writing, and presentation skills

    • Facilitating sign-up and registration processes for the competition

  • International Schools Debate Championships (2024)

    • Volunteered as a judge, assessing student debates and providing constructive feedback to participants

Honors

  • President's Volunteer Service Award

    • Gold Award (2025)

      • Completed 250+ hours of service in a calendar year

    • Bronze Award (2024)

      • Completed 100–174 hours of service in a calendar year

Other Experiences

  • Stanford Summer Humanities Institute (2025 Summer)

    • Took a course on Ancient Rome and Its Legacies

    • Completed a research paper titled Curating Legacy: The Afterlives of Res Gestae in The Political Self-Representation of Trump and Mussolini on the modern political uses of Roman imperial legacy under Professor Krebs at Stanford University

    • Received a letter of recommendation from Professor Krebs

  • Varsity Basketball Team, DCSL, Small Forward (2023-2025) 

    • 2024 KAIAC League White Division Champions

    • 2024-2025 Undefeated Season

    • 2025 KAIAC Plate Tournament Semifinalists

  • Gahoe Folk Museum, Unpaid Intern (Summer 2023)

    • Learned and taught how to paint traditional Korean art ‘minhwa’ 

    • Translated English–Korean (or vice-versa) for visiting professors and historians

  • Chunjae Education, Paid Voice Actor (2023—2024)

    • Performed as a voice actor for Chunjae Education’s MilkT program, an English language learning initiative and app

    • Collaborated with the production team to ensure content accuracy and alignment with learning objectives 

    • Donated 100% of my earnings to Somang Rehabilitation Center

  • Founder and Editor of Educational YouTube Channel ‘Joseon with Jane’ (2022–Present)

    • Producing, filming, and editing videos that reach an audience of over 15,000 people, accumulating 284,000+ total views

    • Explaining Korean history from the Joseon Dynasty in short, engaging videos

  • School Orchestra, Viola First Chair (2022–2025)

    • Leading the viola section, guiding rehearsals, and fostering skill development in middle school performers

    • Mentoring younger violists to enhance their performance techniques 

    • Performing a diverse repertoire of modern and classical pieces at various school events