After graduating from Seoul National University's School of Anthropology, Kim Heekyung worked for 18 years as a reporter for The Dong-A Ilbo and for 6 years at Save the Children, an international relief and development organization, as the head of the rights advocacy and business divisions. She currently serves as the director of the Korea Human Rights Policy Institute and the Foundation for Migrant Children, and she also lectures and writes about child and human rights advocacy activities. Her works include Reconstructing the Box Office, My Santiago: The Way to Walk Alone and Together, and It's My Life.