
THE
OPEN DOORS
MISSION
David Hong
Founder and President

Open Doors gives refugee children the tools they need to build a future—on their own terms. For many displaced youth, traditional education—while valuable—often feels disconnected from their immediate realities, particularly in environments where legal barriers restrict formal employment opportunities. By prioritizing hands-on skills such as financial literacy, investing, digital content creation, and social media marketing, we empower these children with viable pathways to financial independence, reducing reliance on inconsistent and often insufficient institutional support.
Beyond economic resilience, we recognize the profound psychological impact of nurturing passions. Engaging in creative or skill-based pursuits offers refugee children a sense of stability, growth, and normalcy—elements often absent in their disrupted lives. Just as passions shape the childhoods of other children, these activities provide refugee youth with healthy outlets for self-expression, emotional processing, and respite from adversity. Through this dual focus on practical empowerment and emotional well-being, Open Doors strives to foster resilience, agency, and hope for a brighter future.​