UC Berkeley Extension, US. Anna Esaki-Smith is Director of Global Outreach at UC Berkeley Extension, based in Berkeley, California. She is responsible for international student recruitment strategy as well as partnership development for the Extension division of one of the world’s most prominent public universities. Previously, she was Editorial Director for the British Council’s global higher education research service based in Hong Kong, specializing in tracking international student mobility and global education trends. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in Asian Studies from Cornell University.