This episode features Maya Cumins, 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.
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This episode features Maya Cumins, 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.
(ENG) Ayumi Ostrowski _ Between the Lines: A Designer’s Journey Through Culture & Corporate America
Voices Across Borders
10 minutes
1 month ago
(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., the contrasts between Japanese and American work culture, and how she blends her love for design and food through Gomashio Kitchen. Listen now and explore how creativity connects across borders. 新エピソード公開 デザイナーの アユミ・オストロウスキー さんが、東京からサンフランシスコへ。 文化・言語・クリエイティビティの境界を越えた旅について語ります。 アメリカ...
Voices Across Borders
This episode features Maya Cumins, 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.
