Heyjin Jun

Biography

Heyjin Jun was born and raised in a part of the Korean countryside where there wasn't a single movie theater. Beginning in third grade, she would spend weekends with her parents volunteering at facilities for the destitute and neglected - playing violin for people who had never heard western classical music, and giving the elderly massages to ease their pain. While spending time with these people, they would tell her their unique and personal stories, often of suffering and struggle. When she ca…