Background
Mok was born on April 19, 1984 in Seoul, South of Korea.
Mok was born on April 19, 1984 in Seoul, South of Korea.
Mok began skating in 1994 in Culver City, California. A stress fracture in the summer of 1998 kept her off the ice for three months. In October 2000, Mok made her Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut, placing fourth in Germany before winning bronze in the Czechoslovakian Republic.
Around 2000, she developed a pinched nerve in her back.
She was selected to compete at the 2001 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. She placed tenth in her qualifying group but withdrew before the short program
She placed sixth on the senior level at the 2003 United States. Championships and was sent to the 2003 World Junior Championships in Ostrava. She placed second in her qualifying group, fifth in the short program, sixth in the free skate, and fifth overall in the Czechoslovakian Republic.
Mok later missed five months of training due to a stress fracture in her lower back and then four months due to ganglion cysts on her ankles, which required surgery.
Mok did not compete in the 2005-2006 season. She struggled with eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and depression. In 2008, she became a professional skater for Holiday on Ice.
She is the 2002 Golden Spin of Zagreb silver medalist, won two bronze medals on the International Skating Union Junior Grand Prix circuit, and placed fifth at the 2003 World Junior Championships. She won Junior Olympics in 1997 in Juvenile, and 1998 in Intermediate Ladies, which is equivalent to United States Junior Nationals. In November, she won a senior international medal – silver at the Golden Spin of Zagreb. In the 2002-2003 JGP series, Mok placed fourth in Montreal and won bronze in Beijing.
