In early 1992, riots in Los Angeles resulted in heavy property damage to Korean American neighbourhoods, and the widespread lack of Korean-speaking reporters meant that local media struggled to accurately cover the ongoing events.

Connie was subsequently hired at the Los Angeles Times, where she developed some of the first mainstream media coverage of Korean American communities and their stories.

Connie accumulated more than 30 professional awards for her work covering the California Supreme Court system, and her reporting career spanned both American and Asian publications.

Although at first their new home seemed secure, the outbreak of the Korean War meant that the women were eventually forced to flee again, abandoning most of their possessions and travelling by train and fishing boat to Tokyo, Japan, where they met up with Joo Han Kang again in 1952.

[4] In early 1992, a series of riots occurred in Los Angeles that resulted in heavy property damage in many Korean American neighbourhoods,[4] but a widespread lack of Korean-speaking reporters at local publications meant that the media struggled to cover the story accurately.

The Korean American Journalists Association encouraged the Los Angeles Times to help address this gap in coverage by hiring Connie.

Beginning work there soon after, Connie became known for providing a rare outlet for Korean American communities and their stories in mainstream media.

The epitaph of Connie writes: "... tells her story in light her Christian journey and the anticipation of the peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula."

In 2008, Connie left the Los Angeles Times and decided to pursue a new career as a Christian minister, eventually graduating from the Fuller Theological Seminary in 2017.

[4] Having passed her ordination exams of PC(USA), Connie applied for Associate Pastor position to Golden Gate Presbyterian Church (GGPC) in Daly City, CA, where Joo Han Kang, her father, had served as an elder to the point of his death in 1998.

She wanted to participate in the mission education in Rwanda and Hoopa Native American Reservation through SPRiNG Bible Academy in GGPC.