Helena Ku Rhee spent many nights during her early childhood going to work with her Korean-born parents, who worked as nighttime janitors at a corporate building in Los Angeles. It was during those long, tiresome nights when Helena's parents inspired her with the gift of imagination. Through storytelling, her parents created a sense of wonder and magic in that empty office building, an experience that ultimately shaped Helena’s dreams, self-drive and writing aspirations. The Yale graduate is now the author of “The Paper Kingdom,” a children’s book based on this part of her childhood when her parents worked as night janitors.