Sarai Koo

Sarai is a motivational speaker, comedian, actor, host/emcee, author, leadership coach, and culture change engineer. She is the author of Seoul Food, a creative non-fiction book about second-generation Korean Americans growing up in Los Angeles County. Seoul Food captures snapshots of Korean lifestyles and the sometimes shameful, dysfunctional family dynamics created by the disconnect between Korean-born parents and their American-born children. The book not only infuses the work with credibility but also brings to light quintessential aspects, including universal issues confronting youth of many cultures. She is hoping this book will become a TV series and/or movie. She has a background in acting, comedy, modeling, public speaking, and voice-over. Professional Life: Sarai Koo, Ph.D., is the founder of Project SPICES and the SPICES Transformative Model. Project SPICES is a coaching, consultancy and speaking firm. She creates programs and services for companies and their leaders in business development, organizational behavior, and workforce transformation to advance innovation. She works with entertainment, media, health, IT, and other industries to solve problems and provide solutions. Dr. Koo was the CEO and Founder of MAPS 4 College, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that helps students develop necessary competencies to graduate from high school, succeed in college, excel professionally and live a life with character and excellence. In her past life, she used to teach students from preschool children to graduate students at various universities. Dr. Koo has helped organizations and corporations to transform their workplace cultures. Her unique expertise focuses on helping clients: reassess their core value systems to align with organizational goals and vision; reduce or eliminate organizational and individual barriers affecting productivity; build essential human resource leadership skills to help the workforce become motivated, productive, and committed to achieving the organizations desired results. In 2011, Dr. Koo, was chosen as one of the top 25 Korean-American community leaders under the age of 40 in the nation and voted the top 100 Next Generation Korean American leaders nationwide.