This Happened to Me: How I picked my English name during a plane ride
This Happened to Me is a new video series from CBC Radio that explores turning points in our lives. In this episode, Jennifer Yoon remembers how she picked her English name during the plane ride to Vancouver, and why her name is a connection to her roots in South Korea.
This Happened to Me is a new video series from CBC Radio that explores the turning points in our lives — the moments that changed everything.
Jennifer Yoon was 11 years old when she moved to Canada from South Korea with her family. In Korea, she was Yae Gi Yoon, and on the the plane ride from Incheon to Vancouver, her mother asked her to think about what she'd like her English name to be.
Her mother was leaning toward something biblical, but Jennifer had other ideas.
She first shared her story of a new life and a new name with The Doc Project. Below, you can watch Jennifer's story come to life thanks to animations by Ben Shannon.
