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This week on the podcast we are excited to be joined by Deanna Cook from LIYA Collective to talk about building a career abroad.
From the time Deanna started university, she knew she wanted to start a career that would allow her to live in different countries and explore the world, but didn’t really know what that would look like. After university, she took a job teaching English in Taiwan, which opened all sorts of doors and led to working at a non-profit in Tanzania, an international development project in Thailand and now starting a business in Costa Rica.
If you’re interested in how you could mix your love of exploring new cultures, with building a career, you’ll love this episode!
What we talk about in this episode:
- What adjusting to life in Taiwan was like
- Why teaching English abroad is a great way to start your career
- What brought her from teaching English in Taiwan to working at a non-profit in Tanzania
- Reactions from family and friends about moving to Tanzania
- Living and working an office job in Bangkok
- Cultural differences working in Asia
- Finding work experiences to help you find what you like and don’t like
- Moving from Thailand to Costa Rica
- Making the transition from a job to working as a freelancer/entrepreneur
- Starting a business to help artisans in smaller communities sell their products in the North American market
- What settling into life in Costa Rica has been like
- Great places to see and visit in Costa Rica
- And much more… Here’s the episode!
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