About Joanna, Sung Hee and Jen

We're Joanna Pineda, Sung Hee Lee, and Jen McWhorter. We're Asian-American moms who love K Dramas. We love K Dramas so much that we decided to create a podcast to talk about them in great detail and share our love of these amazing show!

Here's a little about Joanna:

I'm mom to two amazing boys
I was born in the Philippines and moved to the US when I was 14.
I went to high school and college in the San Francisco Bay Area and have been living in the DC area since grad school.
My husband and I run Matrix Group International, Inc., an interactive agency based in Arlington, VA.
In addition to K Dramas, I'm passionate about cooking and martial arts. I'm a black belt in TaeKwonDo, and a bo black belt in HapKiDo.

Here's a little about Sung Hee:

I'm to two amazing children, a boy and a girl. One is out of college and the other is just starting college.
I'm a doctor specializing in anesthesiology.
I live in the Providence, RI with my family.
I was born in the US and am learning Korean.
I've been to Korea a couple of times

Here's a little about Jen:

I'm mom to two amazing girls
I enjoy K Dramas, but also love reality tv shows. Real Housewives is my guilty pleasure.
The first K Drama show I watched/binged was "My Lovely Sam Soon" and I became addicted ever since.
I enjoy traveling and I studied abroad in Germany. I hope to visit Korea soon; I still have relatives there.
I love my peloton - Robin is my favorite instructor.

Joanna and Jen were hosts of K Drama Chat in the first two seasons. Life has gotten in the way of podcasting for Jen, so now Joanna and Jen are the regular K Drama Chat hosts.

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5.4 - Review of Episode 4 of Mr. Queen

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