Interviewee: Eunho Lee
Interviewer: Nathan Goodman
Interview Summary
This Interview was with Eunho Lee, a first-generation Korean American born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in Weston, Massachusetts. In our interview, Eunho detailed his family stories from Korea, his immigration process, and his relationship with religion and his Korean American circles in high school and college. This interview covers topics such as family history, immigration, religion, education, and the contemporary relationships between North and South Korea. Eunho discusses historical events from the 1970s and 1980s, immigration to the US, and cultural differences between Korean American spaces and contemporary American education at length, focusing particularly on the role of tradition in and the politics of Korean church structure. This interview was conducted in person in room 243 of the Diamond Building of Colby College on October 8th, 2025. This interview was conducted by Nate Goodman, a fourth year Environmental Science Major at Colby College, taking part in the class HI244, Brothers at War: The Two Koreas 1945 – present.
Eunho Lee was born in Seoul in March of 2004. Eunho’s parents met in dental school at Yonsei University in Seoul, and Eunho’s dad immigrated to Massachusetts in 2006. Eunho, his mother, and his two sisters followed in 2007. Growing up, Eunho attended a Korean American church in Brookline Massachusets, and Weston Highschool. Eunho is currently a senior at Colby College where he is double majoring in Economics and Anthropology, is a captain of the Men’s Club Soccer team, and is a member of the Colby Korean Club and the Colby Intervarsity Christian Fellowship.