Esther Hyun:
CLASS OF 1976
Plainfield High SchoolClass of 1976
Plainfield, NJ
Sarah Lawrence CollegeClass of 1980
Bronxville, NY
Esther's Story
Life
I graduated from Sarah Lawrence College decades ago.
Had I been thinner, I would have gotten my Actor's Equity card and gone on the second to last National tour of The King and I with Yul Brenner.
...I was a working (SAG/AFTRA) actor/commercial print model from 1987 - 2001. I was the first Asian person to sign with the NY office of Cunninghamâ¢Escottâ¢DiPene back in the late 1980's.
I moved to Los Angeles on the eve. of the 1994 Northridge earthquake... I got my first leading role in a Korean film entitled The Living Reed, based on the novel by Pearl S. Buck. Lee Majors had a cameo role and Yun Jin Kim from the TV series Lost was a supporting lead. Unfortunately, an accident resulted in an...Expand for more
unsighly scar on my face which pretty much ruined my career (as I was oftentimes hired as the "Asian" girl next door, soccer mom, executive, etc.)
Now I'm a special education teacher working at a public middle school with students with Asperger's Syndrome and "high-functioning" autism.
I am three classes away from obtaining a Master's Degree in Special Education.
I've suffered from Epstein-Barr virus and a debilitating case of chronic fatigue syndrome for over 20 years. Now, I'm discovering that instead of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, I may have had a case of sub-clinical hypothyroidism. The thyroid supplements have given me back my life! Now, if I didn't have to choose to see either up close or far away...
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