This site was created by members of the Cultural Heritage Initiative for Community Outreach (CHICO), which is based at the University of Michigan School of Information. The CHICO members involved in the creation of this site are listed below.

The CHICO members worked closely with Wild Swan Theater to create this site to accompany their performance of Coming to America. Wild Swan Theater provided a teacher's guide, a summary of the plot and access to their materials and actors. We greatly appreciate the work of Wild Swan Theater and thank them for this opportunity to collaborate with them.

I've taught outdoor education to children, written a children's play, taught New England literature, done organizational work. My most recent project was writing the script (the storyline) for a web-based game with a team at the University of Michigan's Museum of Natural History. My goal is to incorporate my love of nature, writing, and communication technology to help foster communities, and help solve world problems one person at a time by reaching people through ideas that open doors for them.

Zilia worked on preparing and analyzing a teacher's survey, wrote the text for the Some Background page, acted as a liaison with Wild Swan Theater, and participated in overall content development.

I like traveling, swimming, climbing, and oriental calligraphy. I like to speak with people, and exchange diverse cultures and humanity. If you plan a travel to Korea, let me know. I also love my family (mother, wife and daughter). I was born in Korea. I went to Seoul National University. I majored in economics. I also have my second under degree in M.I.S. from the University of Georgia. After graduation, I worked for a security company as an investment consultant dealing with bonds and stocks. I made noticeable capital gains for my clients. I have had several full time positions in several different companies also, such as finance manager, ORACLE DBA, marketing manager in a venture company. About information technology, I am good at database design, normalization, ColdFusion, HTML, QTVR, Visual Basic, JAVA, and a little bit of C++. I can do Windows NT server management, UNIX (Solaris), and computer hardware fix, upgrade, and assembly. Of course, I can fine tune software also.

Hyoung researched the Vietnamese web resources.

I'm very excited to be a part of the CHICO team this year. Culture and learning have always been of interest to me, and I'm looking forward to combining those interests with my passion for web design. Currently I am working on my MA in Educational Technology, and I have a BA in Psychology. For the past two years, I've taught computer skills to children and adults and have been involved with the design and production of a number of educational and commercial websites.

Adina developed the site architecture, page layout, and graphic design. She also researched cultural and genealogical resources.

I am a second year master's student at the School of Information. I graduated from the University of Washington in 1995 with a BA in Anthropology with a Russian Language emphasis. Coursework in anthropological film as well as subsequent experience in film production, documentary research and digital media instilled in me the desire to work with multimedia and digital collections. My most recent multimedia experiences have been with the creation and maintenance of databases for photographic materials for both a museum and digital library. I am committed to international cultural heritage preservation and worked this past summer at the University of Fort Hare Library and Liberation Archives in South Africa.

Stephanie worked on site architecture, marked up selected parts of the teacher's packet and compiled resources.

I am a first year master's student at the School of Information, and I recently completed my Bachelor of Arts at the University of Michigan in Latin American & Caribbean Studies and Classical Civilization. I enjoy interacting with other cultures, and I was able to do this when I taught English as a Second Language to Mexican migrant workers two years ago. I also have both musical and theater training, and I have participated in community theater and various musical groups. I am looking forward to building on my previous experiences in the CHICO program.

Mercedea was our digital photographer, a main contact with Wild Swan Theater, created the "behind the scenes" page, and developed this page and the site map.