Gloria Jiyoon Kim is a senior transfer student double majoring in Education & Social Transformation and Psychology. She is a proud first-generation immigrant from South Korea where she was born and raised. Gloria is a transfer student from Cerritos College, which sparked her current research interests in the role of community engagement among underrepresented community college students. This study researches the diverse educational pathways of the community college student population in order to better support the various needs of these students. Outside her work with the Keck program, Gloria is a research assistant in a clinical psychology lab. She is also involved with the Academic Advancement Program (AAP) as a Peer Advisor for AAP’s Center for Community College Partnerships to support community college students transfer to four-year universities. As a big transfer advocate, Gloria has also worked as a Peer Learning Facilitator for the AAP Transfer Summer Program this past summer. Moreover, she is passionate about mental health and is involved with the RISE Center as a student ambassador to promote daily strategies to foster everyday mental health in the UCLA community.
