Soon Young Kwon

Soon Young received her bachelor’s in public administration from Sung Kyun Kwan University in South Korea. Since 2020, she has worked as a deputy director at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, where she has been primarily responsible for public budgeting and performance-based budgeting. In this role, she focused on enhancing fiscal responsibility and aligning resource allocation with outcomes that matter. Her professional experience has given her deep insight into how budgeting decisions are made in practice and how institutional structures influence the effectiveness of public policies. Building on this foundation, her academic interests now center on how to increase efficiency in public budgeting systems while simultaneously ensuring democratic accountability. Through graduate study, she hopes to gain a more interdisciplinary and comparative perspective on public finance systems. Beyond her academic and professional pursuits, Soon Young is an avid photographer who enjoys capturing candid moments of everyday life. She also values personal wellness and maintains an active lifestyle through running and swimming. Most of all, she finds great meaning in connecting with people from diverse backgrounds and learning from their unique experiences and perspectives.