Deoksoon Kim is a professor at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College. Her specialty is ESOL and English learners, as well as teacher education. She has been doing research on immigrant English language learners and teacher education in American schools for 15 years. Deoksoon Kim has an extensive publication record, and has won awards for her research and teaching. In Korea, 25 years ago, she founded and ran a similar English language program that served 1,450 disadvantaged children. DK English school is thus a combination of both her academic expertise and entrepreneurial experience.