Abhishek Joshi is the founder of Program REACH, which began in October 2009. Abhishek has been working as research engineer at Samsung since September 2009. He is very passionate about education. He actively coordinated Program REACH till September 2012.
He can be reached at [email protected].
He can be reached at [email protected].
Junggki Choi earned his undergraduate degree in Economics from Ajou University in 2012 and is a proud Suwon native. He has volunteered in Program REACH since July 2010. He does not teach kids, but is the Korean native liaison between the foreign volunteers and the orphanage. He has helped foreign tutors fill out paperwork, talk to the staff, and translate from Korean to English. Mr. Choi was selected to volunteer in CCAP(Cross-Culture Awareness Program),conducted by UNESCO in 2011. During his time at CCAP, he worked with many foreigners to organize and manage events. He studied abroad in Australia in 2011.
Charlene Araujo received her B.A. from Yale University in May 2007. While at Yale, she was a co-chairperson of a tutoring group for disadvantaged New Haven youth for 3 years and taught Spanish as an intern teacher for Americorps upon graduation. Miss. Araujo has been teaching for Program REACH for more than 2 years. She taught at Seongnam Broadcasting High School, a school that serves the poorest students in the Gyeonggido Province. She now currently teaches debate and literature at Beacon Hill Academy in Bundang.
She can be reached at [email protected] or [email protected].
She can be reached at [email protected] or [email protected].
Jonas Hang Lee is originally from Los Angeles, California where he did his undergraduate studies in History and Classics at UCLA. After coming to Korea a few years ago to study Korean and do his graduate studies, he began working formally as a teacher and most recently taught at a foreign language high school in Seoul. In his free time, Jonas really enjoys traveling and has had the great fortune of backpacking throughout the Middle East and a few cities in Asia. His next dream trip will hopefully be somewhere in Africa or Central Asia. After finding out last year about Program REACH, Jonas has enjoyed meeting and working with the students and fellow volunteers.
Abhinandan Saini is an industrial designer and came to Korea to work for General Motors. He loves traveling, meeting new people and experiencing different cultures. He volunteered to teach English at the Dominican Literacy Center in Detroit while in college. He has also volunteered at a number of locations in Seoul, Korea, including the Thomas Shelter. In his free time he likes reading about strategy, politics and economics, and riding his bike along the Han River.