PODCASTS & MEDIA
Conversations Across the A-bao Journey
From academic advising and belonging research to last-mile delivery, storytelling, and A-bao Universe, these conversations document the evolution of Dr. Xiao Yuan’s work and public journey.
- Adventures in Advising
- Episode 189
More Than a Package:
Unexpected Paths in Career, Identity, and Belonging
- Featuring Dr. Xiao Yuan
- August 16, 2026
- 37 minutes
Dr. Xiao Yuan returns to Adventures in Advising for a conversation that extends far beyond academic advising. She discusses her unexpected journey from higher education and recruiting into investment in the last-mile delivery industry, where she discovered powerful connections between her research on belonging and the often-invisible people behind every doorstep delivery.
The conversation explores career transitions, applying for more than 1,000 jobs, separating personal identity from a professional title, and what it means to feel seen within a system. Dr. Yuan also introduces A-bao’s Journey to You and explains how A-bao brings visibility to the people and stories behind every package.
Making the invisible visible.
- Adventures in Advising
- Episode 50
Elevating Advising through Empathy and Care
- Featuring Dr. Xiao Yuan, Niagara University
- January 9, 2022
In her first appearance on Adventures in Advising, Dr. Xiao Yuan joined a broader conversation about cross-cultural empathy, wellness, parallel planning, scholarly research, leadership, and care in academic advising.
This episode represents an earlier stage of Dr. Yuan’s professional journey, when her work was primarily situated within higher education and academic advising. Together with the 2026 interview, it shows how her research and commitment to belonging later developed beyond the university environment and entered the worlds of logistics, storytelling, education, and A-bao Universe.
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