Hojung Lee (born in Seoul, South Korea) is the editorial assistant for Sojourners magazine. She graduated with a B.A in studio arts and public policy and leadership at the University of Virginia.
Hojung believes that art naturally creates a space to reflect on society, with vast potential to bring attention to systemic injustice and inspire a call to action. She uses vulnerability as her greatest tool to bring about change.
Everything she creates is filtered through the lens of her Asian American identity. Themes of race and culture hold strong undercurrents throughout all her work. This is most evident in her debut essay collection: Tigerrabbit (New Degree Press, 2022). She shares many stories — dropping out of high school to become a K-pop star, dating someone from the royal family of a small European country, analyzing neo-Confucianism to figure out why she struggled to get along with her immigrant parents — that all tie together to advocate for minority rights.
Nostalgic for the wetlands and the wading birds of her hometown, Orlando, Fla., she seeks out bodies of water whenever she moves somewhere new. In her role at Sojourners this year, she hopes to keep growing as a writer.