Mya Lillemoen

Mya Lillemoen is a 2024 graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder with a B.S. in Business Administration emphasizing Marketing & Management, along with certificates in Global Business and Strategy & Entrepreneurship. As a first-generation college student, she built hands-on marketing experience across corporate, startup, and campus environments. 

Throughout her undergraduate career, Mya contributed to national and global campaigns for Fortune 500 companies including Amazon and Victoria’s Secret, as well as Bumble and GroupMe. She created user-generated content (UGC), led on-campus activations, and was promoted into leadership roles managing teams of undergraduate peers to support content production and campaign execution across multiple channels. 

In 2022, Mya completed her first global internship in Seoul, South Korea with a K-beauty marketing agency, supporting social media campaigns for Korean skincare brands expanding into Western markets. 

Her CIEE journey began in Fall 2023 as an Open Campus study abroad student in Kyoto (6 weeks) and Singapore (12 weeks). After graduation, she returned to CIEE Kyoto in 2024 as part of the inaugural HSSA Alumni Internship cohort, and again in 2026 as a Business and Marketing Intern during the program’s launch. 

In her most recent role as a CIEE Business and Marketing Intern, Mya supported global marketing initiatives, assisted with program coordination, and managed content for @cieekyoto on Instagram. Her capstone project focused on strengthening internship-to-career pathways by utilizing social media as a channel for peer-to-peer marketing and leveraging student experiences to enhance brand authenticity, all from the lens of her experience as both a study abroad student and two-time intern. 

Through this full-circle experience with CIEE, she is passionate about expanding access to global opportunities and encouraging students to pursue international experiences. 

Currently based in Minnesota, Mya is seeking to start a career abroad.