Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position -Mohandas Gandhi

CONTACTINFORMATION estherdk@usc.edu ekim415@gmail.com (323) 687-2153

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CURRENTPROJECTS Video 1: Effects of the economic downturn on one USC student and her family   Video 2: Public Service Announcement: Legalization of marijuana and its potential to change a society   Video 3: Fly through a Los Angeles city block, from Olympic Blvd. to 11th St. on Normandie Ave.   Video 4: Five ways to become environmentally friendly: the impacts of “greenifying” your life   Project 1: Alteration of a sound file: “Another Sun” by Malakai   Project 2: Utilizing maps to their full potential: LEED certified buildings in Los Angeles

Esther D. kim

MINIBIOGRAPHY University of Southern California Undergraduate Student, Class of 2012 School of International Relations             Culture, Gender, Society             European Union School of Policy, Planning & Development             Urban Planning Track Focus: International Development, Sustainable Planning   Location: (Mid-City, Harvard Heights, Koreatown, Venice, West LA, Culver City, Downtown) Los Angeles, CA

[T]o those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say that we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world’s resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it -President Barack Obama, inauguration speech

PLACESINLOSANGELES For your inner bookworm: the Central Library in Downtown Los Angeles For your inner tourist: walk down Hollywood Blvd. or along the Sunset Strip For your people-watching pleasure: the boardwalk at Venice Beach, especially during the weekends For your bourgeois retail cravings: all along Main Street in Santa Monica Partake in gentrification, LA style (it’s pretty much the same here as it is anywhere): almost any and all cafés or vegan-friendly restaurants in Silver Lake