Our Team

“Welcome, everyone! We are so excited to have you and are looking forward to our adventures through SILVER.”

We are a diverse group of dedicated volunteers committed to bringing high quality education to our students and as well as to all students worldwide who lack the opportunity for education. We are eager to lead our students to become global citizens with English fluency.

Project Founders & Leaders

Sunwoo “Sunny” Eom

Twin sisters Sunny and Annie Eom are the founders and leaders of the SILVER project and the vice presidents of Seeds of Empowerment. They moved to California, US, from Seoul, South Korea, in 2018. They have enjoyed first-hand experiences of various cultures from this transition as well as from their travels through Asia, Europe, and North America.

Sunmin “Annie” Eom

Sunny and Annie are currently juniors at Albany High School in Albany, CA, and they have abiding interests in global citizenship, entrepreneurship, and computer science. They are education activists who have the goal of providing education to school aged-children and fighting poverty. Annie and Sunny are continuously working on ways to positively impact society through Seeds of Empowerment.

Advisor

Paul Kim

Dr. Paul Kim is the Chief Technology Officer and Assistant Dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Education since 2001. As an education technology entrepreneur, Paul leads initiatives involving the design of learning technologies, educational research, and community development. In 2009, Paul founded Seeds of Empowerment, as a non-profit global education incubator for social innovations leveraging mobile technologies.