Hope Sacco

Hope Sacco grew up in Baltimore, Maryland to a Korean American adoptee mother and a white father. She attended a high school with very little Asian representation which drove her to search for community outreach opportunities in the Asian community.

Hope began attending Sejong Camp after a family trip to Korea made her realize she wanted to connect more with her Korean identity and her mother’s story. Camp has helped her feel safe in her identity but has also made her confront the cultural imbalance she feels— not “white enough,” but also not “Korean enough”. Hope credits her mother and upbringing for the value and compassion she has shown her throughout her childhood, allowing her to empathize with adoptees and biracial campers.