Once Chris Kim earned her MA in applied linguistics, she was left wondering, “What now?” A desire for self-renewal led to her accepting a university teaching position in Daegu, South Korea. While there, she gained a new cultural perspective, particularly when she married into the Kim family. Her father-in-law gifted her with the name “Kim Sujeong,” translated as crystal (or, as her husband tells her, “white quartz”). After six years, she returned to the Tampa Bay area with her family and now teaches English to immigrants.