Yerin Yoon: reclaiming my Korean name, being randomly assigned an English name aged 5

That's My Name
05/01/2022 33 min Temporada 1 Episodio 10

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Yerin was born in Seoul, South Korea but has lived abroad most of her life. She currently works as a Market Analyst at a B2B agriculture platform called Tridge, based in her home of Korea. Yerin is able to use her international background and multicultural exposure to cross-communicate with both fellow Tridgers and clients across 45+ countries. Today’s discussion involves Yerin sharing her story about being randomly assigned an English name, aged 5, and reclaiming her Korean name a few years later.

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