Val Wiggett left a stable job in South African sales and operations to teach English in Japan. She didn't plan it for years or build a case for it. She just went.
Her story is defined by that recurring drive. Earlier in life, she submitted an application to train as a pilot in South Africa, during an era when female commercial pilots were virtually nonexistent. Though no one was expecting her application, she chose to submit it regardless.
Val now leads career programs for the African Leadership Academy, working with young people across 47 African countries. And she talks openly about what it has meant to do that work as a white South African woman: how often the instinct to help comes wrapped in assumption, and how much of the job has actually been learning to sit still and listen before deciding what anyone needs.
Spontaneity got her to Japan. The same boldness had her applying for a job that didn't want her. And somewhere in between, she learned a harder skill: knowing when to hold back and let someone else's voice fill the room.
This is a conversation about a woman who has spent her life saying yes fast and listening slow.
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