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Jeanie is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. She is an accomplished international speaker, providing keynotes and offers workshops for corporations, community organizations, and colleges addressing the intersectionality of mental health and identity, DEIB and psychological safety, as well as education about topics such as burnout, resilience, mindfulness, stress, and mental health conditions including anxiety, depression, and suicidality. She serves as a subject matter expert on mental health for media outlets around the world.

Jeanie is the Founder and CEO of Noona’s Noonchi®, LLC, a global wellness company created out of her global social media influence as Noona’s Noonchi – a clinician, speaker, and coach who deep dives into K-Dramas from a mental health perspective. Noona’s Noonchi®, LLC provides mental health education and resources for organizations around the world. It is also a global tour operator, offering K-Culture tours including K-Drama and K-Pop sites, cultural hands- on activities, and wellness experiences. In addition, Jeanie is also an executive coach , external faculty for McKinsey & Company and a DEIB advisor for ERG leaders. Jeanie’s upcoming book with Wiley Publishing titled, “How K-Dramas Can Transform Your Life: Powerful Lessons on Belongingness, Healing, and Mental Health” is due out in May, 2024.

Jeanie is also the Founder and CEO of Your Change Provider, PLLC®, a clinical practice founded on solutions and her unique, trademarked framework Cultural Confidence®. Her Cultural Confidence® program provides psycho-education in all sectors from corporate to schools. She has presented her trademarked curriculum for many corporations such as Google J. Crew, Microsoft, Mondelez International, and the NFL. She has also spearheaded her program for non-profits including the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA), the Council of Korean Americans (CKA), The Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE), and the National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP).

Jeanie has specialized training in grief, trauma and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). Her expertise includes intergenerational mental health, workplace mental health, and K-Dramas for mental health. She followed a calling in the field after a diverse career path, starting as a broadcast journalist in Washington, DC in the ’90s, then attending business school. Her work in the corporate sector includes C-level business operations, marketing, public relations, and client success management.

Jeanie is an active volunteer in the AAPI community. She serves as Board Chair of Asian Mental Health Collective (AMHC) and is a facilitator for the Council of Korean American’s Network of Korean American Leaders (NetKAL) program. In 2019, Jeanie created the Self-Care & Wellness program for NAAAP, and founded her own non-profit organization in 2020 called, Authentic Self-Care & Wellness, Inc. which promotes mental health research.

For her own self-care, Jeanie enjoy dates nights with her husband of 25 years. They love watching K-Dramas and kayaking, as well as traveling together. Jeanie and her husband are proud parents of four children ages 16-23.