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  • Living Your Dream: Voices Heard Through Publishing - Hosted by AMCHAM Women’s Leadership Committee
    • DATE & TIME

      Thursday, March 5, 2026

      11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

    • VENUE

      Grand Hyatt Seoul, Namsan III (2Fl.)

    EVENT DESCRIPTION
    Subtitle: Hear from three professionals who left their well-paying day jobs to follow their passion and tell their stories

    What does it take to drop everything and start a whole new career? Too often, our boldest ambitions seem too risky, never the right time or downright terrifying. This session brings together three trailblazing professionals—Jeanie Chang, Celina Lee, and Christiana Chae—who were all successful in their chosen field and one day decided to pivot toward a new career and write about it. Our panel will explore the courage required to shift careers, the discipline to write or edit a full-length book, the vulnerability of public storytelling, and the strategic impact of publishing a unique perspective. Led by the Women’s Leadership Committee, this conversation offers universal insights for any professional—regardless of gender—who is committed to fostering a culture of diverse voices and courageous leadership. Join us to discover how to amplify your narrative, manage the risks of reinvention, and turn lived experience into a lasting legacy.
    Detail
    TOPIC Living Your Dream: Voices Heard Through Publishing
    COST Member companies: KRW 143,000
    Non-Member companies: KRW 165,000
    RSVP/PAYMENT BY Noon, Tuesday, March 3, 2026
    * No refunds or cancellations after this date and time.
    * Please complete registration in advance. No walk-ins or payments accepted at the door.
    * 2 complimentary admissions for Founding Partners.
    About the Speakers

    • Jeanie Chang, Founder & CEO, Noona’s Noonchi and Your Change Provider, PLLC
      Jeanie is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with special certifications in trauma and anxiety. She is a TEDx speaker and accomplished international speaker/educator providing keynotes and workshops for corporations, community organizations, and colleges addressing the intersectionality of mental health and identity, K-Dramas and identity, psychological safety, as well as education on burnout, resilience, mindfulness, stress, and mental health conditions including anxiety, depression, and suicidality. Jeanie also serves as a subject matter expert on mental health for media outlets around the world.

      Jeanie is the Founder and CEO of Noona's Noonchi®, LLC, a global wellness company created out of her global social media influence as Noona’s Noonchi - a clinician, speaker, and coach who deep dives into K-Dramas from a mental health perspective. Noona’s Noonchi®, LLC provides mental health education and resources for organizations around the world. It is also a global tour operator, offering K-Culture healing tours including K-Drama filming locations, popular K-Pop sites , cultural immersion, and mindfulness sessions. In addition, Jeanie is also an executive leadership coach , external faculty for McKinsey & Company and a DEIB advisor for business and corporate leaders. Jeanie's book with Wiley Publishing titled, "How K-Dramas Can Transform Your Life: Powerful Lessons on Belongingness, Healing, and Mental Health" was released with a strong, global response on May 7, 2024.
      Bio for Jeanie Y. Chang, LMFT .pdf

    • Celina Lee, Career and Executive Coach, Live Your Dream Podcast
      Celina Lee is a globally recognized career coach, podcast host, writer, and lawyer. With a passion for helping people to pursue their dreams and live a life doing what they love, she coaches many professionals on their career development, and has given speeches and delivered workshops in many countries.

      On her podcast, Live Your Dream with Celina Lee, she interviews inspirational people from diverse industries about what they have learned in their journeys in life and career. The podcast has listeners from over 100 countries around the world.

      She is the founder of Give One Dream, a global movement that inspires people to pursue and achieve their dreams. She has collected and shared dreams from people all over the world, and created Live Your Dream coaching program for students in which they experience an inspirational journey of making their dream a reality.
      Celina Lee.pdf

    • Christiana Chae, Head of Brand Experience, FuriosaAI
      Christiana spent nearly seven years at Meta HQ, leading design and product strategy and serving as Head of Design for the AI Consumer Product Design team (AI Experiences). She later joined FuriosaAI, a unicorn AI semiconductor startup, as Head of Brand Experience, where she built an organization that integrated brand, design, marketing, and communications into a unified function.

      Previously, she worked at design consultancies in the U.S. and Oslo, delivering projects for a wide range of clients including Google, Bloomberg, and United Airlines. She has also been active as a mentor and instructor at organizations such as the Apple Developer Academy, Hyundai Motor Group Research Institute, LG Electronics, SK Planet, and AMD at the University of Design in Germany.

      Her recent book, A Dangerous Life Book [위험한 인생책], explores a recurring personal project of discovering a life and career that are truly her own. Her 2022 book, How Do People Work in Silicon Valley [실리콘밸리에선 어떻게 일하나요], introduces in detail the seven organizational culture principles emphasized at Meta Inc..

      She currently lives in Munich, Germany, with her husband, continuing to explore the most foundational design project, her own life itself.
    Contact

    (email) committees@amchamkorea.org

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