In 1987 she became the first Westerner to be accepted by the Hanguk Kiwon as a pro; she remains one of only four western females ever to attain professional status (with Joanne Missingham, Svetlana Shikshina and Diana Koszegi).
In 2002 she was promoted to professional status and received 1-dan professional status.
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