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Beyond Translation: Careers for Language Majors

February 4 @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

Wondering where a degree in language can take you? Spoiler alert: way beyond teaching and translation. Join us for a dynamic panel event featuring UCLA alumni and professionals who studied languages and built meaningful, successful careers—both within and beyond language-related fields. Our panelists will share how their studies helped shape their careers through:

  • Multilingual communication skills
  • Cross-cultural awareness
  • Research, writing, and critical thinking
  • Adaptability and storytelling

Hear real stories, ask your questions, and get inspired by the possibilities that come from a humanities degree.

Whether you’re just starting to explore your career options or unsure how to leverage your language major, this event will help you see your degree in a whole new light.

To register, go to: Careers for Language Majors

Meet our panelists:

Michelle Li

Michelle Li (she/her) graduated UCLA in 2018 with a Bachelor’s in Japanese as well as a Bachelor’s in Linguistics and Asian Languages & Culture. She holds a Master’s in Library and Information Science (MLIS) from University of Washington, where she previously worked as a Research and Learning Services Specialist. She also worked as a First Year Engagement Librarian at Emerson College in Boston. She is currently serving as a Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian at UCLA, and can be found teaching library research skills all across campus or at her home office in YRL.

Soseul Park

Soseul Park is an educator and researcher whose work focuses on multilingual education, diaspora communities, and culturally responsive curriculum development. She is the founder of Korean Mérida, a nonprofit community organization established in 2013 with over 1,900 members, which provides Korean language instruction and cultural programming in transnational contexts.

With over a decade of teaching experience across K-16 and community-based settings in South Korea, Mexico, and the United States, Soseul has taught Korean, Spanish, and English and led the development of the inaugural Korean language curriculum for heritage and diverse learners in Tennessee and Yucatán. She has also served as an interpreter in the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, a guest lecturer at ENES UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) in Mérida, and currently serves as an advisor to Líderes Jóvenes Descendientes Coreanos en Yucatán.

Soseul is currently a Ph.D. student in Education at UCLA, where her research examines transnational and multiple identities, language revitalization and education, and educational access for Indigenous communities.

Details

  • Date: February 4
  • Time:
    4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

Venue

  • Zoom

Organizer

  • Humanities Division