Susan Kim

Susan Kim, founder of Asiana, a home-spa natural cosmetics company, says that "it was safe to assume that chocolate was good when topically applied," as the less refined it was, the more anti-oxidants it contained.

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Sue Ann Kim Creates Endowed Scholarship at UCLA
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LOS ANGELES (RPG Newswire) - UCLA was a different place when Sue Ann Kim received her doctorate from the university in 1970.There were only a handful of Asian Americans on campus.Indeed, Kim was the first Korean woman to receive a doctorate from UCLA, and the Asian American Studies Center was just getting off the ground.

Today, Asian Americans are the fastest growing group on campus, with more than 11,500 students enrolled at the university.The Asian American Studies Center is ranked number one in the nation, and Kim has become an important figure in expanding the center's scope.

Kim, 78, of Pasadena established the Sue Ann Kim Endowed Scholarship to support, in perpetuity, Korean American Studies by UCLA undergraduate and graduate students.The scholarship also supports the Korea Times-Hankook Ilbo endowed chair in Korean American Studies..

On Saturday, Nov. 16, Kim also will sponsor the center's 33rd Anniversary Dinner, which will feature such notable Asian Americans as author/journalist Helen Zia and John Kobara, businessman and former UCLA vice chancellor.
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Kim has led a remarkable life of service and achievement, and has contributed immensely to enhancing the lives of children, families, women and immigrants in Southern California through her career and numerous voluntary leadership positions."
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Kim is proud of the center's accomplishments over the years and wants to continue to help it grow.

"I appreciate UCLA and will help in any way I can," said Kim, who has worked as an administrative coordinator for the Department of Children and Family Services for Los Angeles County since 1975.

Kim was born in Taegur, South Korea, and taught and worked as a principal there for over ten years.She is a survivor of the Korean War and remembers a time in South Korea when "all the country was just ashes, everything was just burned."She came to the United States on a Fulbright Fellowship in 1959.Kim received her doctorate in education at UCLA in 1970.Her dissertation focused on how vocational education could be improved in South Korea.

Kim has served as President of the YWCA of Los Angeles; chair of the Board of the Pacific Consortium on Employment (PACE); vice chair of the Board of the Korean Institute of Southern California; and on numerous other community organizations.She also has been honored by the Los Angeles City Human Relations Commission in its "Bicentennial Salute to Los Angeles Women of the Year" and has received numerous other awards.

"If I can do it, any woman can do it," says Susan Kim, founder and owner of Asiana, a tropical spa therapy line of skincare products (http://www.asianaspa.com/).Inspired by research she had done on the beauty industry during a project for a college business course, the 25-year-old budding entrepreneur transferred her ideas into action.Illustrating the principle that timing is 75 percent of a successful enterprise, she took advantage of a voluntary layoff package at Intel and started her own personal care line.

"I'm hoping that my business will inspire other Asian women to pursue their dreams," says Susan."I know that there are a lot of women out there sitting in cubicles aspiring to start their own businesses but don't think it can become a reality."

With a handful of accounts and a consistently warm reception to her unique products, Susan is currently at a midpoint in her venture and owes a lot of her accomplishments to persistence.

"The other 25 percent of a successful business is luck," says Susan.

Susan Kim
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My name is Susan Kim and I'm the founder of Asiana which is a new tropical spa therapy line.