Ms. Susan Lim

Susan Lim, a 20-year-old Georgetown University student, is working 89 hours a week this summer: two part-time jobs and an unpaid internship offered through the Public Policy and International Affairs Program.

August 13, 2004 - WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 - Susan Lim, a 20-year-old Georgetown University student, is working 89 hours a week this summer: two part-time jobs and an unpaid internship offered through the Public Policy and International Affairs Program.

Her schedule - working for money as a clerical assistant and a summer school resident adviser and without pay as a researcher at the public policy program - is a sharp contrast to that of her Georgetown classmates.

Susan Lim, a 20-year-old Georgetown University student, is working 89 hours a week this summer: two part-time jobs and an unpaid internship offered through the Public Policy and International Affairs Program.

Her schedule -- working for money as a clerical assistant and a summer school resident adviser and without pay as a researcher at the public policy program -- is a sharp contrast to that of her Georgetown classmates.Many of them have parents who support them through unpaid summer internships, or they have qualified for paid internships because of experience as unpaid interns during high school.

"I have to do the same things they do plus more to get to the same place," said Ms. Lim, whose mother and father each work two jobs, including running a Laundromat, to support a household of 14 people.But Ms. Lim says she has no choice on performing her summer juggling act, which includes taking a class at Georgetown, where she is studying at the School of Foreign Service.She believes she needs an internship to be competitive with her peers."If you go and apply for a job and/or apply for graduate school and all you have are grades, the next person has the same grades or better and has done other things," she said.

Susan Lim - a Korean in the White House
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Susan Lim with Roland Mesnier
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Susan Lim has been a pastry chef at the White House since May 1998.The only ethnic Korean working in the White House kitchen, she was a social science student at Georgetown University.Her areas of interest in university were political and social, not culinary.
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Susan has work to do for breakfast meetings as well.For simple breakfasts of fruit and bread, she works from 5:00 a.m. White House pastries are characterized by their use of the freshest and most expensive ingredients.It's natural that food fit for the president requires much care.

Susan, who immigrated to the United States when she was two years old, plans to open her own restaurant in the Washington suburb of Bethesda in August.Her plan for this year is to become one of Washington's top chefs through her restaurant/bakery.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 - Susan Lim, a 20-year-old Georgetown University student, is working 89 hours a week this summer: two part-time jobs and an unpaid internship offered through the Public Policy and International Affairs Program.

Her schedule - working for money as a clerical assistant and a summer school resident adviser and without pay as a researcher at the public policy program - is a sharp contrast to that of her Georgetown classmates.Many of them have parents who support them through unpaid summer internships, or they have qualified for paid internships because of experience as unpaid interns during high school.

"I have to do the same things they do plus more to get to the same place," said Ms. Lim, whose mother and father each work two jobs, including running a Laundromat, to support a household of 14 people.But Ms. Lim says she has no choice on performing her summer juggling act, which includes taking a class at Georgetown, where she is studying at the School of Foreign Service.She believes she needs an internship to be competitive with her peers."If you go and apply for a job and/or apply for graduate school and all you have are grades, the next person has the same grades or better and has done other things," she said.

WASHINGTON - Susan Lim, a 20-year-old Georgetown University student, is working 89 hours a week this summer: two part-time jobs and an unpaid internship offered through the Public Policy and International Affairs Program.

Her schedule -- working for money as a clerical assistant and a summer school resident adviser and without pay as a researcher at the public policy program -- is a sharp contrast to that of her Georgetown classmates.Many of them have parents who support them through unpaid summer internships, or they have qualified for paid internships because of experience as unpaid interns during high school.

"I have to do the same things they do plus more to get to the same place," said Lim, whose mother and father each work two jobs, including running a Laundromat, to support a household of 14 people.

But Lim says she has no choice about performing her summer juggling act, which includes taking a class at Georgetown, where she is studying at the School of Foreign Service.She believes she needs an internship to be competitive with her peers."If you go and apply for a job and/or apply for graduate school and all you have are grades, the next person has the same grades or better and has done other things," she said.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 - Susan Lim, a 20-year-old Georgetown University student, is working 89 hours a week this summer: two part-time jobs and an unpaid internship offered through the Public Policy and International Affairs Program.

Her schedule - working for money as a clerical assistant and a summer school resident adviser and without pay as a researcher at the public policy program - is a sharp contrast to that of her Georgetown classmates.Many of them have parents who support them through unpaid summer internships, or they have qualified for paid internships because of experience as unpaid interns during high school.

"I have to do the same things they do plus more to get to the same place," said Ms. Lim, whose mother and father each work two jobs, including running a Laundromat, to support a household of 14 people.But Ms. Lim says she has no choice on performing her summer juggling act, which includes taking a class at Georgetown, where she is studying at the School of Foreign Service.She believes she needs an internship to be competitive with her peers."If you go and apply for a job and/or apply for graduate school and all you have are grades, the next person has the same grades or better and has done other things," she said.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 - Susan Lim, a 20-year-old Georgetown University student, is working 89 hours a week this summer: two part-time jobs and an unpaid internship offered through the Public Policy and International Affairs Program.

Her schedule - working for money as a clerical assistant and a summer school resident adviser and without pay as a researcher at the public policy program - is a sharp contrast to that of her Georgetown classmates.Many of them have parents who support them through unpaid summer internships, or they have qualified for paid internships because of experience as unpaid interns during high school.

"I have to do the same things they do plus more to get to the same place," said Ms. Lim, whose mother and father each work two jobs, including running a Laundromat, to support a household of 14 people.But Ms. Lim says she has no choice on performing her summer juggling act, which includes taking a class at Georgetown, where she is studying at the School of Foreign Service.She believes she needs an internship to be competitive with her peers."If you go and apply for a job and/or apply for graduate school and all you have are grades, the next person has the same grades or better and has done other things," she said.

Washington, August 9th - Susan Lim, a 20-year-old Georgetown University student, is working 89 hours a week this summer: two part-time jobs and an unpaid internship offered through the Public Policy and International Affairs Program.

Her schedule - working for money as a clerical assistant and a summer school resident adviser and without pay as a researcher at the public policy program - is a sharp contrast to that of her Georgetown classmates.Many of them have parents who support them through unpaid summer internships, or they have qualified for paid internships because of experience as unpaid interns during high school.

"I have to do the same things they do plus more to get to the same place," said Ms Lim, whose mother and father each work two jobs, including running a Laundromat, to support a household of 14 people.But Ms Lim says she has no choice on performing her summer juggling act, which includes taking a class at Georgetown, where she is studying at the School of Foreign Service.She believes she needs an internship to be competitive with her peers."If you go and apply for a job and/or apply for graduate school and all you have are grades, the next person has the same grades or better and has done other things," she said.

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