Our 6th episode of Women Abroad will give you the opportunity to get to know Haiqin HUANG. Haiqin is a young Chinese PHD engineer living in Luxembourg. She was born and brought up in the south of China where she completed her bachelor degree.Eager to live and discover Europe, she made the decision to pursue her Master’s and PHD studies first in London, then in Nantes, France, and finally in Luxembourg. Haiqin is now following a two-year MBA program at the Luxembourg School of Business to acquire the necessary management skills to integrate industry. Haiqin tells us about her professional path with conviction. She shares how her determination to study abroad paid off and how her experiences abroad helped her develop as a more mature and independent woman.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Women Abroad, the Podcast that invites young professional women to share their experience abroad and reveal the wonderful women behind these stories. Our #5 episode brings us today to meet Chloe Peebles in Bogotá, Colombia. Chloe is a French-American early-career woman in international development who decided to temporarily put her career on pause to accompany her husband on a short-term mission in Colombia. Very enthusiastically Chloe tells us how her exposure to living abroad since she was a child has contributed to develop her cultural agility. Let’s discover how she experiences Bogotá so far, the opportunities that this career break can bring her and also her former missions as Project Manager in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Latin America.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Pour ce quatrième épisode de WOMEN ABROAD, Tijana MAROVIC, jeune femme d’origine serbe de Belgrade nous emmène découvrir Sao Paulo au Brésil. Depuis toute jeune, Tijana est passionnée de langues et de cultures étrangères. De Strasbourg en France, dont elle nous partage avec enthousiasme son expérience d’étudiante à l’université où elle y étudie un Master en communication internationale, elle s’envole ensuite pour un premier emploi vers Sao Paulo, au Brésil où elle découvre les joies et les défis d’une acclimatation culturelle pas toujours simple dans un pays bigarré, créatif et foisonnant.Avec clairvoyance et sincérité, Tijana nous partage ici sa perception des cultures qu’elle a côtoyées au quotidien en tant que résidente étrangère tout en mettant en perspective sa propre culture.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For our third episode of WOMEN ABROAD we are crossing the Atlantic Ocean and are stopping over in Montreal, Canada. Arya Rajurkar is studying business with a major in finance and a minor in marketing at the university of Concordia. I met Arya when I was living in Nigeria, she was then studying her IB in the same school as one of my daughters. Between dream and reality, she explains to us in a very spontaneous way how she adjusted to life in Canada, her major challenges as a foreign student and how she has improved her time management skills growing more autonomous and more responsible in her daily life.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Pour notre deuxième épisode de WOMEN ABROAD, nous recevons Axelle Salvage, jeune manager française qui vit actuellement au Luxembourg. Axelle a d’abord effectué une licence de géographie à Reims suivie d’une première année de Master en géopolitique. A l’université de Strasbourg, elle y poursuit un Master 1 et 2 en relations internationales, avec l’option Management de cluster et réseaux territoriaux pour ensuite bifurquer vers la spécialité Intelligence économique et gestion du développement international.En quête d'un stage de travail à l’étranger à effectuer pour son Master 2 en alternance tout en poursuivant ses cours à l’université, elle découvre le Cluster Maritime Luxembourgeois qui l'accueille comme stagiaire jusqu’en octobre 2019.  Une fois son diplôme en poche, le Cluster Maritime Luxembourgeois l’engage à temps plein comme Assistante Manager. Axelle nous explique son parcours, son acclimation au Luxembourg et sa perception du pays. Elle nous partage aussi ses passions, ses rêves, ses inquiétudes, ce qu’elle apprend sur elle-même dans le cadre de son travail. Elle nous communique son envie de voyages. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today for our first episode of Women Abroad, we are hosting Vladiana Apetroaie, a young Romanian who has been working as website Administrator and E-Learning Developer at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium since early 2019. After her bachelor degree in European studies she obtained from the university of Bucharest, Romania, she spent four years in Leuven, Belgium where she got a Master in Anthropology/Migration and Minorities followed by a University Certificate in social sciences at the University of Leuven. She explains to us how it all started for her in Belgium, how she perceives the country, how our mental representations can positively or negatively impact our perception of people of another culture. She presents her learning experience from a very holistic stand point and tells us how she has grown as a person from studying, living and working in Belgium.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Women Abroad, The Podcast that invites young professional women to share their experience abroad and reveal the wonderful women behind these stories. My name’s Françoise Falisse, I am an intercultural trainer and coach, I have lived and worked as an expatriate for more than 11 years in Egypt, Morocco and Nigeria (twice) and I currently live in Luxembourg. I meet young women who are studying or starting their careers abroad, and hear from them about their discoveries, culture shock, and the personal and professional challenges they face.What surprises, amuses, even fascinates them?How does their experience open up new perspectives and reveal new things about themselves? If you are curious about living and working internationally, this podcast will inspire you to consider new horizons. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.