"Without the amazing support and community that I have found at UMBC, I am certain that I would not be the scholar and person I am today. I have been given so many opportunities to grow and challenge myself to pursue my passion in learning about intimate partner violence and what we can do to prevent it."
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Yoo-Jin Kang
Plans: Public health focused on gender-based violence
Summa Cum Laude
B.A., Modern Languages and Linguistics; B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies
Hometown: Ellicott City, MarylandA Humanities Scholar, Yoo-Jin is an active advocate for relationship violence prevention. At UMBC, she designed an interdisciplinary studies major in psychosocial and cultural perspectives on violence and worked as a Peer Health Educator, Women's Center student staff member, and student member of the Consent Education Board to educate students about sexual violence prevention. An accomplished public speaker, she has connected with audiences through the inaugural TEDxUMBC, WYPR’s Maryland Morning, and universities across the country. Yoo-Jin has won multiple awards for her work in relationship violence prevention, including the Ricardo Palomares Award for Service and Academic Excellence, Patricia La Noue Scholarship, and Louis C. Kaplan Scholarship.