Cha Jones

Cha Jones is an inspiring and motivating international speaker, expatriate coach, the author of Every Girl Needs Her Pearls and The New Urban International Migration. She is also the founder and chief executive officer of Expat Women of Color. As a self-proclaimed Nomadic Chick, she has lived and worked in South Korea for over three years, traveled to countries like China, Japan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and the Dominican Republic. Her traveling stories and advice can be found on blogs such as Women of Color Living Abroad, The Nomadic Chic, My Soul to Seoul, and Black Atlas.

Cha graduated with her bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Aquinas College in Nashville, TN. She has a master’s degree in Intercultural Leadership and Management with a focus in International Education from SIT Graduate Institute a program of World Learning.

In 2011, Ms. Jones founded Expat Women of Color an international networking association that provides personal and professional resources for women who live, work, study, and travel abroad. Her passion is encouraging others to live on purpose, walk through fear, and trusting in their own power. She is currently working to increase the number of minorities participating in study abroad opportunities and international service learning programs. Her personal mission is to be a women who uses her talents and skills to make an international impact.