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==History and life==

==History and life==

​Yesoe was born March 18, 1983 in [[Busan]], [[South Korea]]<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Who-Yesoe-Yoon-Matt-Farag/dp/1089920210/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=yesoe+yoon&qid=1568515482&sr=8-1</ref> After she graduated from Gyeongnam Foreign Language High School in 2002 where she majored in English but also learned [[Chinese language|Chinese]] and [[Japanese language|Japanese]], she attended [[University of Waikato]] in [[Hamilton, New Zealand]], where she studied language from 2002 to 2003. Yesoe then got her BA in English/International languages at [[Busan University of Foreign Studies]] during the 2003–2004 school year. After that, her first step in journalism was when she became a TV reporter for KBC Ch 41 WOCH Asian American Network News from 2004 to 2005.<ref>https://www.yoonyesoe.com/about-yesoe-yoon.html</ref>​ ​Yesoe was a reporter for Chicago Korean broadcaster KBC TV (WOCH 41) and an English reporter for Asia America Network News (2004–2005)<ref>https://www.yoonyesoe.com/about-yesoe-yoon.html</ref>​​​ In 2020, she became the [[Republican]] candidate for the 17th district of the Illinois state House of Representatives, which covers all or parts of Skokie, Evanston, Glenview, Golf, Morton Grove, Wilmette, and Northbrook, all located in Cook County and not far north of Chicago,<ref>https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/interesting-matchups-take-shape-as-candidates-file-for-march-primary-election/</ref> and got endorsements from New Trier Republican Organization, Illinois Federation for Right to Life, Illinois Family Action, and the Illinois Right to Life.<ref>https://ivoterguide.com/candidate?elecK=764&raceK=-49926&primarypartyk=ZZZZ&canK=-388218</ref> She won her Republican primary on March 17, 2020.<ref>https://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionOperations/ElectionVoteTotals.aspx?ID=%2bzMIuj2TEvA%3d&OfficeType=Mzn1hIdK%2bXutYfUM2d1xMWiS86JkPgwC9%2b%2fR01%2frhdc%3d&T=637227616126692218</ref> As of November 3, 2020, her Democratic opponent Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, received 67.6% of the popular vote, Yoon received 29.8%, and Green Party candidate Christopher Kruger received 2.6%.<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Illinois_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2020</ref> From December 2017 to April 2023, Yesoe worked at Neiman Marcus as a client advisor, and then left to become the CDO Loan Asset Administrator at US Bank.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Who-Yesoe-Yoon-Matt-Farag/dp/1089920210/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=yesoe+yoon&qid=1568515482&sr=8-1</ref>

​Yesoe was born March 18, 1983 in [[Busan]], [[South Korea]]<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Who-Yesoe-Yoon-Matt-Farag/dp/1089920210/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=yesoe+yoon&qid=1568515482&sr=8-1</ref> After she graduated from Gyeongnam Foreign Language High School in 2002 where she majored in English but also learned [[Chinese language|Chinese]] and [[Japanese language|Japanese]], she attended [[University of Waikato]] in [[Hamilton, New Zealand]], where she studied language from 2002 to 2003. Yesoe then got her BA in English/International languages at [[Busan University of Foreign Studies]] during the 2003–2004 school year. After that, her first step in journalism was when she became a TV reporter for KBC Ch 41 WOCH Asian American Network News from 2004 to 2005.<ref>https://www.yoonyesoe.com/about-yesoe-yoon.html</ref>​ ​Yesoe was a reporter for Chicago Korean broadcaster KBC TV (WOCH 41) and an English reporter for Asia America Network News (2004–2005)<ref>https://www.yoonyesoe.com/about-yesoe-yoon.html</ref>​​​ In 2020, she became the [[Republican]] candidate for the 17th district of the Illinois state House of Representatives, which covers all or parts of Skokie, Evanston, Glenview, Golf, Morton Grove, Wilmette, and Northbrook, all located in Cook County and not far north of Chicago,<ref>https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/interesting-matchups-take-shape-as-candidates-file-for-march-primary-election/</ref> and got endorsements from New Trier Republican Organization, Illinois Federation for Right to Life, Illinois Family Action, and the Illinois Right to Life.<ref>https://ivoterguide.com/candidate?elecK=764&raceK=-49926&primarypartyk=ZZZZ&canK=-388218</ref> She won her Republican primary on March 17, 2020.<ref>https://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionOperations/ElectionVoteTotals.aspx?ID=%2bzMIuj2TEvA%3d&OfficeType=Mzn1hIdK%2bXutYfUM2d1xMWiS86JkPgwC9%2b%2fR01%2frhdc%3d&T=637227616126692218</ref> As of November 3, 2020, her Democratic opponent Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, received 67.6% of the popular vote, Yoon received 29.8%, and Green Party candidate Christopher Kruger received 2.6%.<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Illinois_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2020</ref>  

==Education and Experiences==

==Education and Experiences==

​When immigrating to the United States in 2005, she briefly started in Milwaukee, Wisconsin then went to Chicago, Illinois. She went to [[Northeastern Illinois University]] from 2007 to 2011, where she majored in Communications/Media Vocal Performance with a minor in music, then went back to [[Busan]] from 2012 to 2013, as she studied [[Russian language|Russian]] for four months in the second year.<ref>https://www.yoonyesoe.com/about-yesoe-yoon.html</ref>​ ​ While attending [[DePaul University]] from 2013 to 2017, Yesoe got her Master's in Public Administration & International Management.<ref>https://www.yoonyesoe.com/about-yesoe-yoon.html</ref>​ ​ ​She is also known as an opera singer and occasionally sang the American national anthem,<ref name="patch">{{cite web|url=https://patch.com/illinois/desplaines/jesse-white-hosts-asian-pacific-american-heritage-celebration|title=Jesse White hosts Asian Pacific American Heritage celebration &#124; Des Plaines, IL Patch|website=patch.com|accessdate=2019-09-14}}</ref> performed a number of opera songs for charities and American politicians.<ref>https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161223/submitted/161229496/</ref>​​​

​When immigrating to the United States in 2005, she briefly started in Milwaukee, Wisconsin then went to Chicago, Illinois. She went to [[Northeastern Illinois University]] from 2007 to 2011, where she majored in Communications/Media Vocal Performance with a minor in music, then went back to [[Busan]] from 2012 to 2013, as she studied [[Russian language|Russian]] for four months in the second year.<ref>https://www.yoonyesoe.com/about-yesoe-yoon.html</ref>​ ​ While attending [[DePaul University]] from 2013 to 2017, Yesoe got her Master's in Public Administration & International Management.<ref>https://www.yoonyesoe.com/about-yesoe-yoon.html</ref>​ ​ ​She is also known as an opera singer and occasionally sang the American national anthem,<ref name="patch">{{cite web|url=https://patch.com/illinois/desplaines/jesse-white-hosts-asian-pacific-american-heritage-celebration|title=Jesse White hosts Asian Pacific American Heritage celebration &#124; Des Plaines, IL Patch|website=patch.com|accessdate=2019-09-14}}</ref> performed a number of opera songs for charities and American politicians.<ref>https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161223/submitted/161229496/</ref>​​​ From December 2017 to April 2023, Yesoe worked at Neiman Marcus as a client advisor, and then left to become the CDO Loan Asset Administrator at US Bank.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Who-Yesoe-Yoon-Matt-Farag/dp/1089920210/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=yesoe+yoon&qid=1568515482&sr=8-1</ref>

==Community Work==

==Community Work==