[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 27, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E828]
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HONORING CATHERINE Y. KIM AS A 28TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WOMAN OF THE 
                                  YEAR

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 27, 2021

  Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of Women's History 
Month. Each year, we pay special tribute to the contributions and 
sacrifices made by our Nation's women. It is an honor to pay homage to 
outstanding women who are making a difference in my Congressional 
District. I would like to recognize a remarkable woman, Catherine Y. 
Kim of the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles, California.
  Born and raised in Los Feliz, Catherine is a proud child of Korean 
immigrants. After attending Lycee International de Los Angeles in Los 
Feliz, she continued her higher education at New York University, 
graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Media, Culture, and 
Communications and a minor in Art History.
  After working in New York City in public relations and the fashion 
industry, Catherine moved back to Los Angeles. While volunteering as a 
member of the League of Women Voters, Catherine recognized the 
importance of being involved at the local level to make a difference in 
the community. With a wealth of experience as the past chair of the 
East Hollywood Los Feliz Homeless Coalition, and former Vice President 
of the Los Feliz Neighborhood Council, where she is currently a member, 
Ms. Kim cofounded SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition (SELAH). SELAH 
is a community-based volunteer organization devoted to supporting her 
unhoused neighbors in Silver Lake, Echo Park, Los Feliz, Atwater 
Village and East Hollywood.
  Ms. Kim's passion for helping the community became even more evident 
when the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic began. She was instrumental in 
guiding SELAH to serve those in-need through countless ways, from 
providing showers, case management/housing navigation, meals, hygiene 
supplies, and clothing to initiating an emergency food program. In 
addition, Catherine was instrumental in distributing COVID-19 education 
material and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the unhoused 
communities impacted by the closing of regular homeless food and 
assistance programs. In the Fall of 2020, Catherine joined the Los 
Angeles County Department of Health Services Housing for Health 
division COVID Response Team as a Procurement Specialist, working 
during a time of a global supply chain crisis to ensure that county 
quarantine and isolation sites came online as fast as possible, and 
that COVID-19 testing teams for individuals facing homelessness were 
protected with PPE when out in the field. Presently, Ms. Kim is 
committed to supporting the efforts of Los Angeles County in COVID-19 
vaccine education, administration, and outreach in the unhoused 
community, and also coordinating SELAH's roving and on-site vaccine 
clinics for areas that are overlooked or hard to reach.
  Catherine enjoys empowering people to serve their community and 
encouraging them to partake in civic engagement. She likes painting, 
visiting museums, scuba diving, attending concerts, hiking in Griffith 
Park, and walking in her neighborhood.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring this 
exceptional, well-respected woman of California's 28th Congressional 
District, Catherine Y. Kim.

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