서울에서 태어나 이화여자대학교 의학과를 졸업하고 클리블랜드 오하이오에서 병리학 수련을 끝내고 신장 병리학의 전문가로 활약했다. Case Western Reserve University에서 명예교수로 은퇴했다.
조지아주 애틀랜타로 이주한 후에 여성 문학회를 통해 문학 활동에 집중하기 시작했고, 문화센터를 경영하며 이민자의 생활을 풍요롭게 향상시켰다. 한국 <수필 시대>를 통해서 수필가로, <문학 생활>에서 시인으로 등단했다.
2020년에 버지니아로 이사한 후 워싱턴 문인회 수필 반에서 활동하고 있으며, 2023년부터는 디카시Dicapoem에 열정을 쏟고, 디카시인협회 워싱턴 지부에 이사장직을 책임지고 있다. 2025년에 디카시창작지도사 자격증을 획득하였으며, 워싱턴 한인교회에서 디카시 과목을 개설했다.
문학 저서로는 수필집 『먹구름을 헤쳐가는 밝은 마음』과 『마음이 통하는 대화』가 있고, 디카시 시집으로 『내 마음속의 불꽃놀이』가 출간되어 있다. 여러 문인협회와 학회에서 발행하는 잡지에 수필, 시, 디카시를 꾸준히 발표해 왔다.
국제펜한국본부, 워싱턴 문인회, 미주가톨릭 문인협회, 한국디카시인협회(워싱턴 지부) 등에서 활동하고 있다.
Moonja Cecilia Chung
Born in Seoul, she graduated from the College of Medicine at Ewha Womans University. She completed her pathology training in Cleveland, Ohio, going on to excel as a specialist in renal pathology. She retired as a professor of Emerita at Case Western Reserve University.
After moving to Atlanta, Georgia, she became vital in the Women’s Literary Society, and managed the Duluth Cultural Center, enriching the lives of immigrants from diverse ethnic backgrounds. She officially debuted as an essayist through Korea’s *Essay Era* (*Supil Sidae*) and as a poet in *Literary Life* (*Munhak Saenghwal*).
In 2020, she relocated to Virginia and has been active in the essay of literary genre of the Korean Literary Society of Washington. Since 2023, she has dedicated creative passion to Dicapoem. She serves as the Board Chair for the Washington Chapter of the Korea Dica-poet Association. In 2025, she achieved an official Dicapoem Instructor Certification and established a Dicapoem class at the Ungsoo Academy of Korean United Methodist Church of Greater Washington.
Her literary published works include the essay collections 『Overcoming Challenges Through Love and Understanding』 and 『Heart-to-Heart Conversation』 as well as her Dicapoem collection 『Fireworks in My Heart』. Additionally, she has co-authored numerous essays, poems, and dicapoems for publications across various literary associations.
She is currently a member of PEN International Korean Center, the Washington Writers Association, the Korean American Catholic Writers Association, and the Washington Chapter of the Korea Dica-poet Association.
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