Voices Across Borders
Voices Across Borders, brought to you by the Multicultural Talent Network (MTN), shares real stories of multicultural professionals building lives and careers across countries. Running in English, Japanese, and Korean, each episode explores turning points, challenges, and reflections on identity, belonging, and the systems shaping today’s global workforce.
Voices Across Bordersは国境を越えて生活とキャリアを築いているプロフェッショナルたちの、率直でリアルなストーリーをお届けします。
Voices Across Borders는 국경을 넘어 삶과 커리어를 쌓아가는 프로페셔널들의 솔직한 이야기를 전해드립니다.
Episodes
12 episodes
[ENG] June Cho - Designing for a Global Audience: UX Through Language and Culture
In this episode, we sit down with June Cho, a multilingual UX designer fluent in Korean, English, and Mandarin. Born in Korea and raised in Beijing, June brings a deeply cross-cultural perspective to her work and life. She is graduating this sp...
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[KOR] 조예준 - 문화의 경계를 넘는 UX 디자이너 // Designing Across Cultures: A Multilingual UX Designer
조예준 (June Cho): 다문화 환경에서 자라며 한국어·영어·중국어를 유창하게 구사하는 UX 디자이너, 조예준 님을 소개합니다.그래픽 디자인과 엔지니어링 심리학(Engineering Psychology)를 Tufts Univ.에서 복수 전공하고 있으며, 2026년 봄에 대학을 졸업할 예정이며, Adobe 뉴욕에서 인턴십 경험도 보유하고 있습니다.<...
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15:32
[KOR] Maya Kominz - 해외에서 커이러 경로_대기업 취업과 프리렌싱의 선택_마야 코민즈
일·영 이중언어 프로젝트 매니저 마야 커민즈님의 바이링구얼과 이중문화 배경, 그리고 일본에서 쌓아온 커리어 여정을 나눕니다. 일본 대학 진학, 일본 기업에서의 도전, 번아웃 이후의 프리랜서 전환까지. 두 문화 속에서 “어떻게 일하고, 어떤 삶을 선택할 것인가”를 고민해 온 진솔한 이야기를 담았습니다.
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[JPN] Maya Kominz- Redefining Work: 働き方を再定義する
* This episode is in Japanese. In this episode, we speak with Maya Kominz, a bilingual IT project manager leading global projects for major Japanese manufacturers. She shares how her multicultural background shaped her career, why she tr...
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[ENG] Maya Kominz - Building a Career in Japan
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 findi...
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[JPN] Kyutae Kim - 多言語より大切なもの：アイデンティティ・文化理解・“ホームの言葉”：Beyond Multilingualism: Why Identity and Cultural Understanding Matter More
今回のエピソードは、弟キュテとの会話から生まれた「子どもに多言語をどこまで求めるべき？」というテーマの振り返りです。ホームの言葉があることで、子どもは安心して“自分らしく”いられる。 そして、言語の数よりも、文化を深く理解し、人とのつながりを築く力の方が、ずっと大切かもしれない。そんな視点から、アイデンティティ文化理解言語を学びたいと思うタイミングについ...
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[ENG] Kyutae Kim - The Language of Belonging: Why One True Home Language Matters
This episode is a reflection on my recent conversation with my younger brother, Kyutae Kim. It’s an English summary of our discussion from last week about language, identity, and belonging.Though we grew up together across four countries...
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[KOR] Kyutae Kim - The Solitude of the Multilingual
We often assume that being fluent in a language means belonging to its society, but in reality, knowing a language doesn’t necessarily mean being able to live in or feel a true sense of belonging within that community.*This epis...
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10:39
[KOR] KyuTae Kim - Language and Identity: How Words Shape Who We Are
English: In this episode, we explore how language shapes identity and belonging. Language is more than communication. It connects us to emotion and culture. Together with Kyutae Kim, we talk about raising multilingual children and th...
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22:00
[ENG] Ayumi Ostrowski _ Between the Lines: A Designer’s Journey Through Culture & Corporate America
** New episode of Voices Across Borders Designer Ayumi Ostrowski shares her journey from Tokyo to San Francisco — crossing cultures, languages, and creative boundaries. We talk about studying design in the U.S., ...
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10:42
[JPN] Ayumi Ostrowski _ Between the Lines: A Designer’s Journey Through Culture & Corporate America (Japanese Version)
Between the Lines: A Designer’s Journey Through Culture & Corporate Americaデザイナーのアユミ・オストロウスキーさんが、東京とサンフランシスコを行き来しながら、カルチャーとクリエイティビティを融合させた旅について語ります。現在はフリーランスとして、デザインと料理の新しいつながりを探求中。アメリカでの美大進学のきっかけや、日米の企業文化の違い、そして創造性が国や文...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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[ENG, KOR, JPN] Intro - Beyond the Résumé: Introducing Voices Across Borders
In this very first episode of Voices Across Borders, host Mina Kim Mok shares why she started this podcast and her own story of growing up and building a career across cultures and boarders. Discover what it means to navigate identity,...
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