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This episode features Maya Kominz, a bilingual Japanese–English professional who studied and built her career in Japan.
She shares the challenges of adapting to Japan’s exam-based university system, navigating workplace culture, and finding her voice as a young professional. Maya also explains why she left the corporate world to pursue freelance project management and how being bicultural shaped her choices.
By Mina Kim MokThis episode features Maya Kominz, a bilingual Japanese–English professional who studied and built her career in Japan.
She shares the challenges of adapting to Japan’s exam-based university system, navigating workplace culture, and finding her voice as a young professional. Maya also explains why she left the corporate world to pursue freelance project management and how being bicultural shaped her choices.