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Harvard Honors Graduate, Award-Winning Writer, Pre-College Tutor
Sophie K.

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I’m Sophie! I graduated cum laude from Harvard College with a B.A. in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies with a minor in Theater, Dance & Media. I'm an award-winning playwright whose plays have been produced in London, NYC, Los Angeles, and Boston. I’ve worked with the Harvard College Admissions and Financial Aid Office and Harvard College Student Agencies. I graduated from Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, CA. I am the 2018 Los Angeles County Youth Poet Laureate and published my...

I’m Sophie! I graduated cum laude from Harvard College with a B.A. in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies with a minor in Theater, Dance & Media. I'm an award-winning playwright whose plays have been produced in London, NYC, Los Angeles, and Boston. I’ve worked with the Harvard College Admissions and Financial Aid Office and Harvard College Student Agencies. I graduated from Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, CA. I am the 2018 Los Angeles County Youth Poet Laureate and published my debut poetry collection in 2019. WEBSITE: bit.ly/velvetxxn.

I’m excited about empowering people of all ages to feel confident in their writing, whether that’s a college essay, a cover letter, a novel, or something else entirely. I’m interested in making the college application experience stress-free while hyping up my students, honoring their hard work, and tossing in a self-care strategy or two. I love cracking jokes, asking thoughtful questions, and making sure that my students feel seen.

I have experience tutoring one-on-one and in group settings. I have provided college essay editing, college prep counseling, and seminars on conflict resolution and good decision making. I tutor in subjects including reading and writing (all ages), SAT verbal, AP English, creative writing, public speaking, theater performance, leadership, and project management. If you’re looking for something that doesn’t fit into any of these, let’s get in touch and see if it’s a good fit!

Awards and Honors include:

2025 David McCord Prize from Harvard College
2023 Jane Coolidge and Walter Muir Whitehill Prize from Harvard College
2022 Phyllis Anderson Prize for Playwriting from the American Repertory Theater
Harvard Library Book Collecting Prize
John Harvard Scholar (Top 5% of class)
2018 Los Angeles County Youth Poet Laureate
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (multiple Gold and Silver Keys)
attended Iowa Young Writers’ Studio, Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop, Adroit Summer Mentorship

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Harvard University
Gender Studies, Theater, Dance and Media

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College Counseling

College Counseling

Tutored with Harvard College Student Agencies in college counseling, college essay and supplemental essays. Worked at The Harvard College Admissions and Financial Aid Office as an Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program Student Coordinator for 2 years.
English

English

5 - AP English Literature
Film

Film

Received 2018 Emerging Artist Award from MY HERO International Film Festival, Best High School Film in the Emerging Filmmaker Student Showcase from the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival, Humanitarian Award from WESTFLIX Film Festival, 2019 Gaulke Award for Visual Storytelling from WESTFLIX Film Festival, 1st Place in High School Documentary from MY HERO International Film Festival, 1st Place in High School Experimental from MY HERO International Film Festival. 3 short films selected to be screened in Harvard College ARTS FIRST Festival. Have directed, filmed, and edited short documentaries, experimental films, theatrical trailers, and reels. Have taken classes at Harvard College in film and video production.
French

French

scored a 5 on the AP French Exam studied French for 6 years including French Honors, AP French, post-AP French Literature courses at Harvard-Westlake High School
Graphic Design

Graphic Design

Led publicity campaigns or served as publicity producer for multiple theater productions at Harvard University, supplemental publicity for Moonbox Productions' 2023 Boston New Works Festival. Created graphics and reels on Canva and worked with artists on poster design.
Literature

Literature

AP English Literature - 5, received an A English III Honors - received an A Award-winning playwright 2018 Los Angeles County Youth Poet Laureate
Marketing

Marketing

Led publicity campaigns or served as publicity producer for multiple theater productions at Harvard University, supplemental publicity for Moonbox Productions' 2023 Boston New Works Festival. Experience coordinating photoshoots, filming/editing trailers, making reels. Experience with Canva, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Rush, Mailchimp, iMovie.
Photography

Photography

Took photos and video for multiple student theater productions at Harvard College, including ISCARIOT: THE MUSICAL and Harvard-Radcliffe Summer Theater's 2023 production of the The Importance of Being Earnest. Took supplementary photo and video for SWAN in Moonbox Productions' 2023 Boston New Works Festival.
Public Speaking

Public Speaking

Selected from over 100 applications and commissioned to write and perform poetry and speeches for audiences of up to 1000+ by the Los Angeles LGBT Center, Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations, the California Association of Human Relations Organizations (CAHRO), the Los Angeles Public Library, and The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
SAT Reading

SAT Reading

SAT Verbal Score - 780
SAT Writing

SAT Writing

SAT: 1550
Theater

Theater

Received the 2022 Phyllis Anderson Award for Playwriting from the American Repertory Theater. Created, wrote book and lyrics for, and produced ISCARIOT: THE MUSICAL at Harvard College in 2022. Wrote SWAN, a play, which premiered in Moonbox Productions' 2023 Boston New Works Festival and was longlisted for the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference (a designation given to 200 out of 1200+ submissions). Chosen as an Artist in Boston-based theater company The Theater Offensive's inaugural 12-month Artist Residency Cohort program. Performed in multiple productions with QueerWise, a theatrical group, including a professional run at Skylight Theater in Los Angeles. Interned at The American Repertory Theater. Currently studying a secondary in Theater, Dance, & Media at Harvard University; served as producer, assistant director, and technical producer on Harvard College student theater productions; held positions in multiple student theater organizations, such as Harvard College ASAP, Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC), Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan Players.
Video Production

Video Production

Received 2018 Emerging Artist Award from MY HERO International Film Festival, Best High School Film in the Emerging Filmmaker Student Showcase from the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival, Humanitarian Award from WESTFLIX Film Festival, 2019 Gaulke Award for Visual Storytelling from WESTFLIX Film Festival, 1st Place in High School Documentary from MY HERO International Film Festival, 1st Place in High School Experimental from MY HERO International Film Festival. 3 short films selected to be screened in Harvard College ARTS FIRST Festival. Have directed, filmed, and edited short documentaries, experimental films, theatrical trailers, and reels.
Writing

Writing

2022 Phyllis Anderson Award for Playwriting awarded by the American Repertory Theater for play, SWAN. Play selected to premiere in the 2023 Moonbox Productions’ Boston New Works Festival. 2018 Los Angeles County Youth Poet Laureate - selected from 100+ applicants. Commissioned to write and perform poetry and speeches for national, regional, statewide, and local organizations. Attended writing workshops by competitive application: Lambda Literary Writers’ Retreat, VONA Voices, Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship, Iowa Young Writers’ Studio, Kenyon Young Writers Workshop, Winter Tangerine Workshop Received multiple Scholastic Art and Writing Awards (Gold and Silver Keys) in multiple writing genres Full qualifications at thesophiekim.com.
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I was hoping to knock out a business mailer in our one hour together and at the end of the hour, I was quite pleased with what we came up with. Sophie was great and I plan to use her again

David, 1 lesson with Sophie

Knowledgeable and patient tutor

Sophie is a wonderful tutor, very proactive, and organized, and through our first lesson, she discussed and provided guidance on my child's essay and college application plan, etc. which was very helpful. She seems dedicated to helping the student, and I felt that she made an effort. I hope that, under Sophie's guidance, the essay will come to a successful conclusion, and I'm looking forward to good results.

Jasmine , 6 lessons with Sophie

Amazing College Essay Editor!

Sophie was truly an amazing essay editor and gave me numerous tips on how to improve my essay! I got feedback on structure, metaphors and themes that will greatly help me on my college journey! She’s really kind and a great person to talk to.

Kelly, 1 lesson with Sophie
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