Choimorrow, Sung Yeon

Sung Yeon Choimorrow

Sung Yeon Choimorrow was born in South Korea and spent her childhood in Singapore and India. She came to the U.S. at the age of 18 to study Political Science and Urban Studies at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL, and earned an M.Div from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. She is NAPAWF’s National Field Director - promoting her vision to build infrastructure for a robust base of immigrant community leaders. Before working at NAPAWF, Sung Yeon was the Director of Organizing at Interfaith Worker Justice (IWJ). Prior to IWJ, Sung Yeon was a Community Organizer at Asian American Institute, where she helped organize the pan-Asian American community in Chicago to work together on presidential and mayoral elections, immigration reform, the state budget, and redistricting.