Tag: confidence

  • Episode 6: Hometowns Everywhere

    Yuri Akahira is originally from Tokyo. With professional experience spanning the U.S., Singapore, and Japan, she currently serves as a director at a global IT company. She also leads its Employee Resource Group dedicated to fostering the next generation of female leaders. Yuri’s passion for supporting women began in her teenage years. After studying at…

  • Episode 4: Culture as a Foothold

    Robert Holloway (who also goes by “Meramsu”) is the son of a Korean adoptee, a descendant of Black Wall Street business owners who survived the Tulsa Race Riots, and a Korean simultaneous interpreter. He didn’t grow up speaking Korean. He learned because of his interest in his family’s history. Robert’s mother was adopted from South…