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I am ENFP, an eldest daughter, a public speaker, a foodie, a Blue Devil, Korean American, 5’8", a yapper

My name is Juhee Grace Kim, and I study Statistics and Philosophy at Duke. I’m usually thinking about purpose, people, and ways to get involved - and about finding value in the overlooked things, businesses included.

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Portrait of Juhee “Grace” Kim

Beyond the Résumé

What keeps me curious.

The stage at Smalls jazz club in Greenwich Village, New YorkA live band playing at Smalls jazz club, horns up under the stage lights
Smalls, Greenwich Village — a jazz place I go to reflect on life and see the passion of others.

Jazz

I love jazz because it balances structure with improvisation. You have to listen closely, respond to what everyone else is doing, and get comfortable not knowing exactly where the song is going.

Cards and poker chips spread across a wooden table mid-gameA poker hand in progress, chips stacked beside the cards
Poker nights.

Card Games

I love card games because every hand is a decision with incomplete information. Probability matters, but so do patience, psychology, and knowing what you don’t know.

Hereditary movie posterGet Out movie posterUs movie posterForgotten movie posterObsession movie posterSe7en movie posterZodiac movie poster
Some favorite horror movies.

Horror Movies

Horror movies fascinate me because they show how people act when the normal rules fall apart. I like the suspense, the bad decisions, and the weird creativity it takes to make fear feel real.

Grace and friends in Duke gear during K-Ville tenting on the quadFriends holding a hand-painted Later Gator sign before the gameGrace and four friends sitting together on the Duke Chapel steps
K-Ville tenting season and chapel-steps days.

Duke

I love Duke, and tenting in K-Ville is a big reason why. Weeks of cold nights outside Cameron for basketball tickets, and I would do it again in a heartbeat.

March 2026 - checked off the bucket list. Tap to watch the jump.

Taking Risks

Skydiving was my bucket list, so I went and jumped out of a plane. I love taking risks - the kind you can plan for, anyway.

A hand-drawn welcome poster from Grace's freshman dorm covered in self-portraits and names
The freshman-year dorm poster.

People

I love meeting new people and remembering their stories. My freshman dorm put up a draw-yourself poster, and every little drawing on it is someone I got to know.

Soup dumplings and a matcha drink on a wooden tablePhotographing a fresh pizza at a restaurant tableA large sushi and sashimi platter seen from aboveKorean fried chicken on checkered paper with pickled radishA crowded table of shared Mediterranean dishesA margherita pizza with basil next to a green saladA dark sushi bar counter with handrolls and small platesBirria tacos with limes, cilantro, and consommé seen from aboveChopsticks holding a seared nigiri topped with gold leaf at a sushi counter
Some recent meals, all ranked.

Food

I am very big on Beli. Every restaurant I try gets rated and ranked, and I take the list seriously. Half the fun of going out to eat is arguing about the rankings afterward.

@juueeh on Beli

An ideal evening: a jazz record playing, a competitive deck of cards on the table, and a horror movie waiting for afterward.

The Bedroom Sessions

I sing too. Mostly in my bedroom.

No stage, no mic check. Just me, a guitar, and songs I can’t get out of my head.

♪ Bedroom session 01
♪ Bedroom session 02
♪ Bedroom session 03 - another jam

My Story

I lost my voice once. It changed how I use it.

I grew up making music - violin, piano, guitar, singing in church. Music taught me discipline. Then on a mission trip I actually lost my voice, and that taught me more than discipline ever did.

My parents are Korean immigrant pastors. They came to the US without speaking English, and they taught me that doing well only counts if it makes room for other people too.

For a long time I felt like a B-flat sitting next to a perfect C. Close, but not quite. I don’t see it that way anymore. B-flat was never a failed C - it’s the note that makes the harmony work.

These days at Duke, I keep a few things going. I’m in Duke Consulting Club, working on a growth strategy for a skincare brand - partnerships, cultural trends, and how AI is changing the way companies find their customers. I’m also a researcher with Bass Connections, going through more than 350 financing commitments to figure out who pays for AI health tools in low-income communities, and how the policy picture changes across nine countries.

Last year I spent most weeks in a memory lab, cleaning up data from over a thousand participants and running the weekly lab meetings. Otherwise you’ll usually find me around Duke Venture Group, Business Oriented Women, the Kenan Ethics LLC, or Delta Delta Delta.

“Your voice matters because of what you use it for.”

Grace with family and friends holding flowers at her church confirmation
Faith & CommunityConfirmation day, with the people who raised me.

The route so far.

  1. Korea

    Born here.

  2. Orange County, CA

    Landed March 2015.

  3. Pasadena, CA

    Two years.

  4. Fullerton, CA

    Until 2022.

  5. Tenafly, NJ

    High school - stayed busy.

  6. Durham, NC

    Now. Duke ’29.

Across Borders

Four countries taught me to listen first.

  1. Dominican RepublicLosing my voice, learning to listen

    After leading worship for a local community, I physically lost my voice for three days. Those quiet days made me notice people whose struggles had left them unheard long before I lost mine. Teaching math to a twelve-year-old girl who wanted to attend school changed how I think about my own voice.

    A group hug with children during the Dominican Republic service trip
    Summer 2022.
    Grace with children from the community on a return trip to the Dominican Republic
    Back again, summer 2023.
    The team with a local family outside their home in the Dominican Republic
    Winter 2024.

  2. BrazilPresence over perfect answers

    I had long conversations with college students about faith, loneliness, and uncertainty. They taught me to stop hunting for the perfect response. Sometimes just being there and actually paying attention does more than advice.

    Grace with friends at the colorful city letters in Brazil
    Summer 2026.
    A large group gathered under international flags at a Mana event in Brazil
    The whole crew at Mana.

  3. GuatemalaWhat responsible service requires

    Serving food in lower-income communities made me think hard about what responsible service really means. Real help starts with understanding what a community actually needs.

    Grace with two children during the Guatemala service trip
    Summer 2025.
    The service team sharing a meal together in Guatemala
    Evenings with the team.

  4. TurkeyCuriosity across difference

    Meeting people across cultural and language differences made me more curious about how identity, faith, and community shape the way people understand each other.

    A craft circle with children during the Turkey service trip
    Craft circle, summer 2024.
    Playing games with children indoors during the Turkey service trip
    Play breaks between sessions.
    Polaroids from the Turkey trip laid out on a carpet
    The whole trip in polaroids.

I went into these trips expecting to serve. I left realizing that listening is its own kind of service.

Investing

What is something worth, really?

Give me five minutes in a room, and I can estimate the value of nearly everything in it.

I turn things into numbers in my head. I got that from my parents, who arrived with little and needed to know what every purchase was worth. But their biggest investment didn’t look like one for a long time: me.

I was the only woman on my investment team, and at first I held back questions I worried would sound dumb. It turned out those questions usually led to the best conversations. Asking beats pretending you already know.

Investment Notebook

What I’m researching right now.

  • Real estate and overlooked asset value
  • Currency markets and the forces moving AUD/KRW
  • How interest rates reshape company valuations
Grace with the Arkhouse investment team at their New York office

Real Estate Hedge Fund · New York · Summer 2026

Summer at Arkhouse.

At Arkhouse, a real estate hedge fund, I analyzed public companies, REITs, and privatization opportunities. The best part was finding places where the market price missed what the underlying assets were actually worth.

  • Public companies
  • REITs
  • Privatization opportunities

The investment team I worked with.

Things I’ve pitched.

First slide of the Long AUD/KRW pitch deck

Long AUD/KRW

Global macro trade pitch - Goldman Sachs Trade Pitch Competition

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First slide of the USD/JPY rate call pitch deck

USD/JPY rate call

Global macro strategy - BoJ policy and the yen

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First slide of the Doximity (NYSE: DOCS) pitch deck

Doximity (NYSE: DOCS)

Stock pitch - April 2026

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Look Beneath the Price

A market price is just an answer. I want to know the assumptions behind it.

Question the Consensus

The interesting opportunities usually start with disagreeing about something.

Stay Curious

I’d rather ask a real question than borrow someone else’s certainty.

Leadership

Building the communities I once needed.

Leadership isn’t about being the loudest person in the room. It’s noticing who hasn’t spoken yet and making it easier for them to jump in.

The Scale & Coin new member class on the Duke Chapel quad
Scale & Coin · Spring 2026The class of twenty I joined.

Scale & Coin

New Member Education Chair

Scale & Coin was rejection first, then belonging, then responsibility. After going through the new-member process myself, I became New Member Education Chair for a class of twenty. Now I help new members through the same uncertainty I felt, and I try to make asking questions feel like a strength, not a weakness.

High School

Student Body President

When I was elected, no girl had held my high school’s presidency in five years. I wanted the role to feel collaborative, so I worked closely with a five-person cabinet and tried to make students feel represented, not just spoken for.

For Her Flow

Co-founder

After seeing period poverty up close, I helped start For Her Flow. We run menstrual-product drives and get people talking openly about something that’s usually kept quiet.

Lacrosse

Teammate

Lacrosse taught me how to contribute without running the play. Trust, persistence, and knowing when to pass matter as much as individual skill.

The Scale & Coin spring 2026 new member class on the chapel steps at night
Spring 2026The new member process I went through.
The Scale & Coin fall 2026 new member class on the same chapel steps at night
Fall 2026The class I now lead as NME Chair.
The For Her Flow team with product-drive collection boxes at a Starbucks partner location
For Her FlowProduct-drive boxes at our Starbucks partners.
The For Her Flow team dropping off collected donations at The Women's Center
For Her FlowDelivering the donations to The Women's Center.
Grace leading the pep rally in front of the student section as student body president
Student Body President · 2024Leading the student section.

Say hello.

Everything I’ve done so far has taught me to pay attention - to an undervalued company, an unanswered question, or a person nobody’s really listening to. I don’t always know where that leads, but I’d rather stay curious than act certain.

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