Suki Kim

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Suki Kim is the author of the “Facing poverty with rich girl’s habits”. In her essay Suki Kim had to adapt to a new life overnight. Her father was a wealthy business man until he loss everything due to bankruptcy. In her country bankruptcy is punishable by jail time. So her family moved to Queens, New York in a hurry and started fresh. After time she began to accept who she had become and her outlook on life changed after she transitioned. And she also realized that no matter where she is, she will always be the same person on the inside and doesn’t have to change her beliefs because there are others just like her (Kim, 2011).
Suki Kim mentioned that her first English word that she learned was “F.O.B.”, short for “fresh off the boat” which

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