Choi Jeonghye once knocked lightly at the door of the center before starting her career with the Wanju Culture Sharing Exploration Team and establishing a connection with the Cultural City Support Center. She participated in a contest to name the cultural sharing space ‘Da-Haeng’. Although she didn’t win the contest, she said she liked the establishment of the Wanju Cultural City Support Center in Samrye, where she lives, and its supporting Wanju's cultural and artistic activities.

"I'm from Jeonju and I've lived here in Samrye since I got married. It's already been 22 years. I studied as much as I could while taking care of my children and helping my husband with his work. I also received certificates as a nursery teacher, a social welfare worker, and a lifelong educator. When my child entered elementary school, I gathered information from various activities through parents' meetings, and what I had studied before was very helpful at that time. After that, I also obtained the necessary certificates for total crafts and wood crafting. These activities don’t make me any money, but they gave me confidence and revitalized my life."

In Wanju, there are private institutions and organizations in various fields, and their activities and programs are very diverse, with many participating communities. However, it is not easy for common people to access such things without an opportunity. I was wondering why she became involved with the center.

"I thought I was just an ordinary woman, but the Wanju Cultural City Support Center listened to the stories and ideas I submitted with interest. Although it was not a great activity, there was a lot to learn from the activities of the Wanju Culture Sharing Exploration Team and the activities of the Citizen Culture Jury. The exploration team's activities were looking around Bibijeong near Mangyeong-gang in Samrye or Ginger Valley Green Park in Bongdong. They were always close, but with a certain goal, I could see other things. Through jury activities, I had an opportunity to understand a little more about the public and administration."

Since 2018, Choi Jeonghye has taken an active role in the traditional play team of ‘Black Rubber Shoes,’ a game community of the Saemaeul Bookstore Association in Wanju-gun. It is an activity to make videos of traditional games such as Jegichagi (a shuttlecock kicking game), biseokchigi (a stone throwing game), and jukbangul nori (a cup and ball game), and share them with others, and it is said that it was fun and rewarding during the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.

"This is the age of media. Kids have only cell phones in their hands. ‘Black Rubber Shoes’ is a play community that strives to spread a healthy play culture that can be enjoyed not only by children but also by men and women of all ages. We’re trying to develop contents that fit the current era. Recently, we have been working at local children's centers, institutions for the disabled, day care centers for the elderly, and nursing hospitals through a cultural reading volunteer team. I'm an educational instructor at a local children's center in Hwasan."

She said that it is more fun to participate in small programs or events at the Cultural City Support Center than setting any big goal or expectation. Last summer, she explored two old stores in Samrye as an activity of the Culture Sharing Exploration Team. She said that the exploration report was also submitted after completing the exploration of a baekban restaurant Hyangwusikdang and the jewelry store Hwanggeumdang near the terminal. It is difficult to know the familiar places around us unless you look closely. So far, the explorations have been carried out as part of the program, but I hope that they will continue to lead to daily exploration activities that enrich Choi Jeonghye's life by looking around, talking, and getting to know more places.