As a South Korean international student and a queer person, Judy is passionate about providing support to underrepresented minorities in Aerospace. 

They serve as the chair of the International Women of Aeronautics & Astronautics (WoAA), which is a committee of AIAA the largest professional aerospace organisation in the world.  Judy (She/They) is an aerospace engineering Master's student at Virginia Tech researching plasma-material interaction. 

Prior to their graduate studies, they were a System Performance Engineer at Cummins and an astrodynamics intern at Morpheus Space. They graduated from Purdue University with Bachelor’s degrees in both aeronautical and astronautical engineering and mathematics. Judy was a 2021 AIAA Diversity Scholar and a 2022 Zed Factor Fellow.  

Outside of Aerospace, Judy accepts art commissions as a freelance artist and enjoys weightlifting.