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  • TYP Magazine Published

    TYP Magazine Published

    We have finished publishing our magazine! All our TYP members wrote their own articles based on their interests. Go check it out online at https://totalyouthproductions.org/publications/ !

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  • TYP Hosts Kickoff Meeting for 2023-2024 Season

    TYP Hosts Kickoff Meeting for 2023-2024 Season

    Total Youth Productions (TYP) hosted its kickoff meeting for the 2023-2024 season on August 13th. Both new and familiar faces were welcomed into TYP. The meeting began with a mental health seminar presented by Elim Counseling Center. Speaker  Janet Choung, MS LMFT, CPDPE, gave an introduction to mental health and emotional self-awareness. Considering the pandemic-induced…

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  • TYPers Learn to Pay the Bills in Financial Literacy Camp

    TYPers Learn to Pay the Bills in Financial Literacy Camp

    One June 21st and 22nd, TYP members attended the youth financial literacy camp hosted by Allmerits.The 7th annual camp was online and a series of lectures that taught the essentials of personal economics to the attendees, covering everything from money concept to investing and real estate. Speakers were all financial professionals ranging from personal and…

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  • TYPers Help Feed Neighbors at San Diego Food Bank

    TYPers Help Feed Neighbors at San Diego Food Bank

    On June 17th, TYP members Kate Lee, Claire Lim, Woosung Jung, Caleb Kim, Isabelle Baek, and Diane Baek volunteered at the San Diego Food Bank. Organized by Kate Lee, the event was part of TYP’s efforts to promote community engagement.The volunteers arrived at the Jacobs and Cushman Food Bank in the morning. Along with several…

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  • TYP Co-hosts Parent Seminar with Elim Counseling Center

    TYP Co-hosts Parent Seminar with Elim Counseling Center

    On May 24th, TYP hosted a parental development seminar with Elim Counseling Center. Parents (who did not need to have TYP children) were invited to hear professional advice on supporting their children’s mental health.Elim Counseling Center director Kwon Sook-Kyoung taught skills for better understanding students and created audience discussion of important child-rearing issues.Attendees found the…

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  • TYP Members Volunteer at Hand in Hand

    On May 20th, TYP members Diane Baek, Isabelle Baek, Luke Menzimer, and Woosung Jung volunteered as activity leaders at Hand in Hand. Just three hours of the volunteers’ time meaningfully brightened their peers’ lives.The day was mostly arts and crafts activities, such as stickers and origami.Woosung reflected, “[b]ecause it was my first time [volunteering at…

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  • TYP New Member Registration Opens!

    TYP is now accepting new members for the 2023-2024 season! All high schoolers (incoming freshmen to incoming juniors) in San Diego are invited into incredible opportunities to develop teamwork+leadership and forge lasting benefits in the local community. TYP membership alsoentails publishing a biannual magazine—sure to grow anyone’s writing skills, not to mention an incredible opportunity…

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  • TYP Members Volunteer at Hand in Hand

    Hand in Hand is a recreation club for youth with developmental disabilities. Participants get a well-needed break in an understanding community – a precious relief from the challenges of living with a disability. We are thankful for the incredible value the event has for its students, their families, and the San Diego Korean-American community at…

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  • Biology Mentoring With Dr. Sonia Kim

    Biology Mentoring With Dr. Sonia Kim

    On March 27th, TYP hosted a neurobiology mentoring meeting with Dr. Sonia Nan Kim, a postdoc researcher at Stanford University.  She began with a remarkably in-depth presentation on her PhD dissertation, in which she researched early human brain development by retracing the paths of neurons using somatic mutations in different regions of the brain.  Now…

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  • TYP Members Volunteer at Hand in Hand

    TYP Members Volunteer at Hand in Hand

    TYP is proud that three of its members, Kate Lee, Lynn Choi and Joon Choi, are activity leaders in the neurodivergent recreation club Hand in Hand!  Neurodivergent youth of all ages have fun in arts-and-crafts, physical games, and cooking with like-minded peers, creating an understanding social environment that is hard to find elsewhere.  But crucially,…

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