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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>  

​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 2017, she was appointed as Human Relations Commissioner in Skokie by Mayor George VanDusen and again in 2019.<ref>https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170324/submitted/170329209/</ref>​​ During the 2020 election, 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> On 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> She became a member of the finance committee of Niles, Illinois on January 28, 2025.<ref>https://d3n9y02raazwpg.cloudfront.net/niles/2d88d52b-960f-11ef-ab4b-005056a89546-1a926250-3551-4a5b-bb27-9f3f35227c9b-1737755196.pdf</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>​​​ 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>

​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. In July 2023, she was admitted at Concordia University where she is currently getting her Doctor in Business Administration: Strategic Leadership Innovation.<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 Yoon is the author of I Became My Own Beginning Choosing Myself: Rebuilding My Life, and Starting Again.

==Community Work==

==Community Work==

​​She helped prisoner Andrew Suh (Korean name Seo Seung-mo), a fellow [[Korean-American]] who was manipulated by his sister into committing murder, in getting clemency so he can have a second chance to start life all over again, as he is currently in process of regaining his freedom.<ref>https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-andrew-suh-clemency-met-20170708-story.html</ref><ref>https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-andrew-suh-clemency-hearing-met-2-20170712-story.html</ref>​​

​​She helped prisoner Andrew Suh (Korean name Seo Seung-mo), a fellow [[Korean-American]] who was manipulated by his sister into committing murder, in getting clemency so he can have a second chance to start life all over again, as he is currently in process of regaining his freedom.<ref>https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-andrew-suh-clemency-met-20170708-story.html</ref><ref>https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-andrew-suh-clemency-hearing-met-2-20170712-story.html</ref>​​  

==Musician==

==Musician==

​While she was noted for singing American songs with US politicians and performing many opera songs for charities, and being a TV commercial/print model in Chicago.<ref>https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161223/submitted/161229496/</ref><ref>https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161220/submitted/161229914/</ref><ref>http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1558069</ref> In addition, she served as Asian Advisor to [[Illinois Secretary of State]] [[Jesse White (politician)|Jesse White]] helping to chair events,<ref name="koreadaily">{{cite web|url=http://www.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?art_id=4257237|title=시카고 아시안 커뮤니티 하나 됐다 - 미주 중앙일보|website=koreadaily.com|accessdate=2019-09-14}}</ref> Yesoe Yoon honored with President's Call to Service Volunteer Award<ref>https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161122/submitted/161129663/</ref> In 2017, she was appointed as Human Relations Commissioner in Skokie by Mayor George VanDusen and again in 2019.<ref>https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170324/submitted/170329209/</ref>​​

​While she was noted for singing American songs with US politicians and performing many opera songs for charities, and being a TV commercial/print model in Chicago.<ref>https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161223/submitted/161229496/</ref><ref>https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161220/submitted/161229914/</ref><ref>http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1558069</ref> In addition, she served as Asian Advisor to [[Illinois Secretary of State]] [[Jesse White (politician)|Jesse White]] helping to chair events,<ref name="koreadaily">{{cite web|url=http://www.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?art_id=4257237|title=시카고 아시안 커뮤니티 하나 됐다 - 미주 중앙일보|website=koreadaily.com|accessdate=2019-09-14}}</ref> Yesoe Yoon honored with President's Call to Service Volunteer Award<ref>https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161122/submitted/161129663/</ref>

==Journalist==

==Journalist==

==External links==

==External links==

*[https://www.yoonyesoe.com/ Yesoe Yoon for IL. House of Representative]​​

*[https://www.yoonyesoe.com/ Yesoe Yoon for IL. House of Representative]​​

*[https://www.amazon.com/Who-Yesoe-Yoon-Matt-Farag/dp/1089920210/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=yesoe+yoon&qid=1565883779&s=gateway&sr=8-1 Who is Yesoe Yoon?]​

*[https://www.amazon.com/Who-Yesoe-Yoon-Matt-Farag/dp/1089920210/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=yesoe+yoon&qid=1565883779&s=gateway&sr=8-1 Who is Yesoe Yoon?]​

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