She applied to study in Denmark before her parents even knew.

Her mom said: “Shouldn’t we have a family meeting?”

She said: “I’ve applied and I’m going.”

That was 15 years ago. Since then, Greete went from marketing to career counselling in a country where she didn’t speak the language, had no experience in the field, and had to figure it all out through 100+ coffee meetings and a LinkedIn community she built from scratch.

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