Cross-cultural Stories

This episode is in Korean. Soo’s story is one of crossing borders, cultures, and identities. Born in Korea, she studied abroad in the UK and now live in the U.S., where she continues her multicultural journey. From navigating student life overseas to adapting to California, Soo’s experiences capture the challenges and joys of living between “homeland” and “new land.” In these two episodes, she joi...

The language of this episode is Korean. Soo’s story is one of crossing borders, cultures, and identities. Born in Korea, she studied abroad in the UK and now lives in the U.S., where she continues her multicultural journey. From navigating student life overseas to adapting to California, Soo’s experiences capture the challenges and joys of living between “homeland” and “new land.” In these two epi...

From the Classroom to Everyday Life: Suki’s Cross-Cultural Life Notes (Part 2) In Part 1, we talked with Suki from Taiwan about her career transition, cultural adaptation upon arriving in the U.S., and an unforgettable emergency room experience. In this concluding episode, our conversation goes deeper, focusing on everyday moments where cultural differences subtly reveal themselves —from conversat...

In this episode, I invited Suki, who originally from Taiwan, and is a nutritionist with years of professional experience. As the spouse of a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University, she is an active and vibrant presence on campus—participating in various activities and dedicating herself to volunteer work, always bringing positive energy to those around her. In this episode (Part 1), we tal...

Episode 002 Finding Yourself Among Cultures — A Conversation with Kate Duration : ~35 min Welcome to Multi-Cultural Stories — a podcast where we explore identity, transformation, and belonging through cross-cultural experiences. In this very first English-language episode, I’m honored to sit down with Kate , one of the very first people I met after arriving at Stanford. Her encouragement and belie...

In this very first episode of Cross-Cultural Stories , I share my personal journey of leaving behind a stable job at a major company in South Korea to start a new life in the United States. It’s a story of courage, confusion, culture shock — and the quiet strength it takes to rebuild from scratch in a foreign land. I talk about what it really means to “start over” in your 30s, how I dealt with fea...