Svetlana Kim

Svetlana Kim is the author of White Pearl and I: A Memoir of a Political Refugee and an international speaker. Kim has been featured and profiled in Women’s Life magazine in Seoul, Korea; the Asian Fortune; Networking Times; NASDAQ’s Closing Bell; and The Gazette, a publication of the Library of Congress. In 2009, she delivered the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Keynote Address at the Library of Congress. She was chosen to attend the Asian American Pacific Islanders Celebration in the White House, among 50 other prominent Asian-American leaders. Committed to giving back to her local and worldwide community, Kim has donated over 180 hours in eighteen months to the Calvary Women’s Services in Chinatown in Washington, D.C. Additionally, she volunteers at the Office of Presidential Correspondence in the White House. Svetlana Kim’s passion for helping young Asians achieve their own American dreams fuels her daily work and volunteerism. Ms. Kim resides in Washington, D.C.