Seoul · Twenty years in · Your guide
I have lived in Korea for more than twenty years. If you have been wondering how to move, work, or build something here, I will walk you through it, one step at a time.
Your first step · Free
The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Traveling Abroad is free, and the 2026 edition is brand new. It covers everything that has changed since the first one, from Europe’s new border checks to Korea’s e-Arrival Card, with a tip from me in every section.
The lane
Every program here began with a question someone asked me. Walk down the lane, and knock when you are ready.
Stop 1 of 4 · To move
Start with the people who have already done it, and the visas that make it possible.
One live hour on the four visa types (digital nomad, pension, working, student), five popular destinations with honest pros and cons, and the relocation basics nobody explains. First Tuesday of every month, 8:00 PM ET.
Want a plan built around your passport? 1:1 Strategy Call, $197.
Stop 2 of 4 · To work
Teaching is still the most direct way in. Here is how to do it properly.
The E-2 teaching path, step by step: who qualifies, your timeline, your documents, and what to check in a contract before you sign.
Stop 3 of 4 · To build
Korea’s ecosystem is open to people who show up prepared. These are the ways in.
The Supplier & Manufacturer Guidebook for anyone starting a Korean beauty brand, with a checklist to run every supplier through before you send money.
A live two-day Zoom for K-beauty sellers: sourcing manufacturers, setting up your Shopify store, and a 30-day launch plan.
Fifteen video lessons on building a business in Korea, on your own schedule.
A four-week live accelerator for aspiring beauty founders, built around Korea’s manufacturing world.
A private 90-minute Zoom with me, a written 30-day plan, and check-ins along the way.
Stop 4 of 4 · To belong
You do not have to do the first year alone.
A private community for women building opportunity-rich lives and businesses in Korea, with a live meetup every third Friday at 8:00 PM ET.
Your guide
I moved overseas at nineteen on a student visa, and I kept going. I got hired to teach English in Korea and never really left.
I have lived in about seven countries and traveled to about thirty. I ran an eight-year stretch at Berlitz Korea managing a twenty-person teaching staff, worked with the Korea Defense Language Institute, and taught at Woosong University. I hold an MA in International Relations and a Cambridge CELTA, and I am an ISA Grand Prize-winning screenwriter.
Everything on this site comes from one idea: nobody should have to figure this out alone.
The tea house
“Your Type Is the Korean Barista Who Don’t Speak English.”
Before the programs, there was a story. A coffee-shop story set in Seoul, told in short episodes, that people kept sharing. It became an original soundtrack, and it became the front door for a lot of the women I now walk with.
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