Welcome to the Day of Chang Show. This is a micropod about our guest on Thursday, which

is going to be the Olympic gold medalist in snowboarding, Chloe Kim. She is someone that

I think has captured America and Korea and the idea that you can be someone that is not

like a traditional Korean American and an athlete. I think she's become an icon by destroying

these assumptions of what someone can be. I've been watching Chloe Kim from afar ever

since she was not allowed to participate in the 2014 Sochi Olympics. It's very rare

that anyone from Korean culture becomes a superstar athlete. So when I found out that

the best snowboarder potentially wasn't participating simply because of her age. She actually

qualified for the Olympics, but she was 13 years old so she could not participate. I'll

never forget that. I'm a big sports fan and following her career and how she has sort

of won everything under the sun at such a young age was something that I was always marveling

at. It was sort of a perfect storm with the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyong Chang. Chloe

Kim is a Korean American. Her father is an immigrant from Korea. Came into this country

with $800 and how he sacrificed and her mother sacrificed everything to help Chloe become

a gold medal Olympic champion. That might sound crazy to a lot of people, but I was super

curious about speaking to her because I grew up not as a champion like Chloe, but I have

a lot of similar things that I could empathize. It's hard, I think, being a Korean kid, especially

when you have parents that are driving you for success. The traditional narrative for

any Asian American and I know I hate to stereotype and generalize, but it is something that I think

a lot of people can relate to is that they want you to drive to be academic excellence.

So you can be a lawyer, doctor, musician, tech person, you name it, but these are not always

the goals as to what the kid wants. What you rarely hear are Asian parents, particularly

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